steelmaker

noun

steel·​mak·​er ˈstēl-ˌmā-kər How to pronounce steelmaker (audio)
: a manufacturer of steel
steelmaking noun

Examples of steelmaker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The group purchased British tea firm Tetley in 2000 for $432 million and Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus in 2007 for $13 billion, at the time the biggest takeover of a foreign firm by an Indian company. Reuters, NBC News, 10 Oct. 2024 During the nineteen-eighties, Armco, along with other American steelmakers, ran into difficulties because of cheap foreign competition. John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024 Chinese steel production -- driven in large part by construction -- is down 15 percent from June, and nearly one-third of Chinese steelmakers are now losing money. Patrick Chovanec, Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2011 Analyst Carlos De Alba upgraded Nucor to overweight from equal weight, but lowered his price target for the steelmaker by $11 to $176, which still implies roughly 24.6% potential upside for the stock. Pia Singh, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for steelmaker 

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Word History

First Known Use

1774, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of steelmaker was in 1774

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“Steelmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steelmaker. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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