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Topic: INDUSTRY

coalface

 noun
     
coal‧face British English
1TI [countable] the part of a coal mine where the coal is cut from the ground
2

at the coalface

where the real work is done, not just talked about:
Academics will be working at the coalface alongside the doctors.
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