inventories

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Even if a 1-million-barrel-a-day surplus were to magically appear, it would take more than a year to get global oil inventories back to prewar levels.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

U.S. natural gas futures posted back-to-back gains with support from a hotter weather outlook and a below-average build in inventories.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

The market has already used many of its easiest workarounds, while China’s eventual return could collide with lower inventories.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

Their oil production businesses gain if inventories keep falling and crude prices rise, while their refineries, trading desks, chemical plants, and logistics networks can profit from the dislocations created by the war.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

These are the ones that repeatedly turn up in style guides, pet-peeve lists, newspaper language columns, irate letters to the editor, and inventories of common errors in student papers.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker