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adj. - Developed into systematic labor for creation of something of value.

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  • In this report the term industrialised countries refers primarily to high-income countries that belong to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
  • As Canadians, we belong to the fortunate 14 per cent of the world's population that live in industrialised countries and control 76 per cent of the world's wealth.
  • Use of the phrase, particularly in industrialised nations, is believed by scientists to have altered the chemical composition of the atmosphere through a build up of gases.
  • Carved into each imprint is a series of untitled industrialised analogue sounding grooves by underground evangelists such as Kassem Mosse, Even Tuell and Lowtec.
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