industrialize
verb
in·dus·tri·al·ize
in-ˈdə-strē-ə-ˌlīz 
industrialized; industrializing
: to make industrial
industrialize an agricultural region
: to become industrial
Examples of industrialize in a Sentence
The government hopes to industrialize some of the agricultural regions.
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Over the past decade, furtive commercial entities around the world have industrialized the production, sale, and dissemination of bogus scholarly research.
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Ars Technica, 31 Jan. 2025
Over the past decade, furtive commercial entities around the world have industrialized the production, sale and dissemination of bogus scholarly research.
—Cyril Labbé, The Conversation, 31 Jan. 2025
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Policymakers have recently been pushing the technology as a way to further industrialize and grow the country’s struggling economy, which is also facing a population crisis.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 21 Dec. 2024
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Ars Technica, 31 Jan. 2025
Over the past decade, furtive commercial entities around the world have industrialized the production, sale and dissemination of bogus scholarly research.
—Cyril Labbé, The Conversation, 31 Jan. 2025
The Patek operation is both artisanal and impressively industrialized—beginning with the CNC machines that pump, cut, stamp, and form, among other things, cases, bracelets, and the hundreds of minuscule components that comprise even the most basic Patek model.
—Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 23 Dec. 2024
Policymakers have recently been pushing the technology as a way to further industrialize and grow the country’s struggling economy, which is also facing a population crisis.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 21 Dec. 2024
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industrialize
verb
in·dus·tri·al·ize
in-ˈdəs-trē-ə-ˌlīz
industrialized; industrializing
: to make or become industrial
industrialize an agricultural region
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