How to Use nonindustrial in a Sentence

nonindustrial

adjective
  • Last November its ban expanded to include all nonindustrial plastic waste—aka the stuff in the blue bins.
    Ellen Airhart, WIRED, 20 June 2018
  • Both the ancient and modern nonindustrial genomes contain more genes used to metabolize starches.
    Jack Guy, CNN, 12 May 2021
  • The team then compared them with present-day gut microbiomes from industrial and nonindustrial populations and found that the ancient ones are closer to today's non-industrial genomes.
    Jack Guy, CNN, 12 May 2021
  • Lucid said the new plants are North America's first dedicated greenfield electric-vehicle factories, or those built and equipped on formerly barren land, farmland or other nonindustrial sites.
    Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Many resembled those found in nonindustrial gut samples today, including species associated with high-fiber diets.
    Andrew Curry, Science | AAAS, 12 May 2021
  • Why was the history of nonindustrial people anthropology and not history?
    Elif Batuman, The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Polyface is a working family farm located in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley and is focused on environmentally friendly, nonindustrial farming practices.
    Maureen Ballatori, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2022

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