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industry  

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  • Industry is the term used to describe all of the businesses making a particular product or providing the same service. Product industries include the automobile industry, munitions industry, textile industry, construction industry, shipbuilding industry, and thousands of others. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environment and Society; Industry]

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