commodity
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This time the scarce commodity isn’t just crude—it is the ships that carry it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
"I'm of an age where I'm going to friends' and acquaintances' funerals, and I think you just need to live life and enjoy it while you can, because it's a very precious commodity," says Sarah.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
"In this case we tackled polyethylene, a widely available commodity polymer, using molten salt," he said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
Lake views are a hot commodity in the community, and buyers pay steep premiums for properties with unobstructed sightlines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Solitude was a rare commodity on Everest, and I was grateful to be granted a bit of it on this day, in such a remarkable setting.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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The company runs scenarios that test a range of economic outcomes and prices for all types of commodities, she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Industries and markets tied to commodities produced in areas experiencing forest loss and degradation may also need to address their role.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
“We simply don’t know how to model the endgame,” Natasha Kaneva, head of the company’s global commodities strategy, said in a note.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
Iran imports large quantities of its wheat, corn and cooking oil from Russia, according to commodities data provider Kpler and Iranian trading websites.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Huge surpluses of wheat, corn, milk, pork, and beef produced in the Midwest had caused the price of farm commodities to crash.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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Vocabulary lists containing commodity
Fast Food Nation
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The Omnivore's Dilemma
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