postindustrial
adjective
post·in·dus·tri·al ˌpōst-in-ˈdə-strē-əl 
: occurring in, existing in, or being a period of social and economic development after the predominance of large-scale industry
postindustrial towns
Coastal hubs like New York and San Francisco have staked their futures on postindustrial technology, finance, and business services.
Aaron M. Renn
Aaron M. Renn
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web By using recycled plastics and fishing nets, as well as postindustrial cotton that would otherwise end up in a landfill, the following companies have prioritized sustainability and adventure. Rachel Walker, Washington Post, 14 July 2022 The preindustrial charm that drew visitors, writes the journalist Colin Woodard, was actually a state of postindustrial decline from which Maine has never recovered. Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper’s Magazine , 17 Aug. 2022 Penned in 2019, the play is prismatic, set across several postindustrial cities in the North of England, where Stephens (and I) were born. Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2022 That is until, abruptly, the quaintness gives way to a more eclectic quilt of neighborhoods that could be any postindustrial city of the American Northeast. New York Times, 9 July 2022 The pattern of Conservatives doing better in postindustrial towns in the north of England and Labour doing better in major cities held. Amanda Ferguson And Karla Adam, Anchorage Daily News, 6 May 2022 As per the 2015 Paris Agreement, all COP deals consider China as a developing economy—even though China has pumped more carbon into the atmosphere than most other postindustrial countries. Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2021 Both Benton Harbor and Flint are majority-Black, postindustrial Michigan cities where decades of divestment, neglect, and institutional decay led to public health crises. Derek Robertson, The New Republic, 12 Jan. 2022 Even in our postindustrial age, there remains something charged about a work that bears the mark of the artist’s hand. Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2021 See More
Rachel Walker, Washington Post, 14 July 2022 The preindustrial charm that drew visitors, writes the journalist Colin Woodard, was actually a state of postindustrial decline from which Maine has never recovered. Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper’s Magazine , 17 Aug. 2022 Penned in 2019, the play is prismatic, set across several postindustrial cities in the North of England, where Stephens (and I) were born. Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2022 That is until, abruptly, the quaintness gives way to a more eclectic quilt of neighborhoods that could be any postindustrial city of the American Northeast. New York Times, 9 July 2022 The pattern of Conservatives doing better in postindustrial towns in the north of England and Labour doing better in major cities held. Amanda Ferguson And Karla Adam, Anchorage Daily News, 6 May 2022 As per the 2015 Paris Agreement, all COP deals consider China as a developing economy—even though China has pumped more carbon into the atmosphere than most other postindustrial countries. Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2021 Both Benton Harbor and Flint are majority-Black, postindustrial Michigan cities where decades of divestment, neglect, and institutional decay led to public health crises. Derek Robertson, The New Republic, 12 Jan. 2022 Even in our postindustrial age, there remains something charged about a work that bears the mark of the artist’s hand. Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1917, in the meaning defined above