Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adverb & adjective Throughout an entire industry.

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  • adjective Extending throughout a particular industry

Etymologies

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industry +‎ -wide

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Examples

  • GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz called industrywide U.S. sales last month "very disappointing."

    GM Shuffles Executive Ranks 2008

  • Again, the NTSB right now still investigating flight 587, but in the near-term, they say, they are recommending the pilots across the country, a concern they say that is industrywide, that is too much rudder input, too much pressure on the rudder at certain times, may prove to be quite dangerous when flying.

    CNN Transcript Feb 8, 2002 2002

  • But I don't think you're going to see what I'll call industrywide average prices, much lower than the mid 2s.

    unknown title 2008

  • It used to be that the mainstream media did not have 24/7 cable news, the Internet, and tabloid newspaper and television competition — which does not necessarily stick to industry standards, and certainly not industry standards voluntarily accepted newsroom by newsroom but not enforced in any kind of industrywide regulation or law.

    Duke Case: Should the Media Be Broadcasting Anyone’s Name? 2006

  • The first quarter saw huge improvements industrywide.

    Secondary Figures Tell Their Own Tales About Performance Clare Ansberry 2011

  • Airline stocks were lower after the International Air Transport Association slashed its forecast for industrywide profit this year, citing falling demand as airlines raise fares to counter higher fuel costs.

    Greek Worries Sink European Stocks Simon Kennedy 2011

  • H&R Block Inc. swung to a fiscal third-quarter loss, as the nation's biggest tax preparer said an "industrywide slow start to tax season" hurt revenue.

    H&R Block Posts Loss, Cites Slow Start to Tax Season Nathan Becker 2011

  • Even as home prices continued to fall industrywide and the number of new houses under construction kept sinking, Paul Saville , the chief executive of NVR Inc., received total 2010 compensation valued at nearly $31 million, according to NVR's proxy statement.

    NVR Pays Top Dollar Robbie Whelan 2011

  • Meredith executives said the company's niche of 75 million, mostly middle-income women are underserved by a genre that industrywide tends to focus on high-end food and celebrity chefs.

    Meredith Expands Its Menu Russell Adams 2011

  • The first quarter saw huge improvements industrywide.

    Secondary Figures Tell Their Own Tales About Performance Clare Ansberry 2011

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