industrialize
verb
in·dus·tri·al·ize
in-ˈdə-strē-ə-ˌlīz 
industrialized; industrializing
: to make industrial
industrialize an agricultural region
: to become industrial
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The government hopes to industrialize some of the agricultural regions.
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Living The Land from Film Movement, a coming-of-age drama of provincial life in industrializing 1990s China told from the point of view of a 10-year-old boy, debuts at the Film Forum in NYC.
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In the early 20th century, social and scientific developments transformed buttermilk, industrialized it, and brought it to the masses.
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Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Apr. 2026
Living The Land from Film Movement, a coming-of-age drama of provincial life in industrializing 1990s China told from the point of view of a 10-year-old boy, debuts at the Film Forum in NYC.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 3 Apr. 2026
In the early 20th century, social and scientific developments transformed buttermilk, industrialized it, and brought it to the masses.
—Emily Saladino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Mar. 2026
Early modern men of commerce rarely did this, but on São Tomé the Portuguese saw a new kind of potential in industrializing agriculture on the basis of racial slavery and conquered land.
—Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026
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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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