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diesel

[dee-zuhl, -suhl] / ˈdi zəl, -səl /
NOUN
diesel engine
Synonyms


NOUN
locomotive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK




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Chinese gasoline and diesel consumption is also down more than 10% from a year ago, according to the IEA.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

The revenues would be sent to the federal Highway Trust Fund, just as gasoline and diesel tax revenues are.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Refiners earn more per barrel by producing jet fuel than by producing alternative products such as gasoline and diesel, Plonski said, and U.S. refiners have the operational flexibility to act on that.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

The Australian-based duo of Ian Malouf and Rob Cromb had told Fiji's government the project could meet 40 percent of the small country's electricity needs, cutting its reliance on diesel.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

I picked Julie up in a rented Mercedes, an unquiet diesel.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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