: of, relating to, being, or characterized by manufacturing and especially heavy industry
smokestack industries
Examples of smokestack in a Sentence
Adjective
She invested in smokestack stocks.
Car manufacturing and other smokestack industries need to adapt to the global economy.
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Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 9 May 2024
Indeed, carbon capture and sequestration is analogous to scrubbers – devices that the EPA has required for decades to remove pollutants such as fine particulates, sulfur dioxide and mercury from power plant smokestacks.
—Patrick Parenteau, The Conversation, 1 May 2024
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Noun
And states with Republican attorneys general have filed legal challenges against most if not all of Mr. Biden’s regulations, including a suit announced on Thursday by 27 states arguing that the administration overstepped its authority in cracking down on smokestack pollution from power plants.
—Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 9 May 2024
Indeed, carbon capture and sequestration is analogous to scrubbers – devices that the EPA has required for decades to remove pollutants such as fine particulates, sulfur dioxide and mercury from power plant smokestacks.
—Patrick Parenteau, The Conversation, 1 May 2024
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“Smokestack.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smokestack. Accessed 31 May. 2024.
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