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export

[ik-spawrt, -spohrt, ek-spawrt, -spohrt, ek-spawrt, -spohrt] / ɪkˈspɔrt, -ˈspoʊrt, ˈɛk spɔrt, -spoʊrt, ˈɛk spɔrt, -spoʊrt /


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Between December and January, it hosted a large shipment of uranium concentrate, which was held up while awaiting export.

From Barron's Aug. 29, 2026

The findings suggest that the region's geology could eventually support a new domestic energy source and, if developed at scale, a major hydrogen export industry.

From Science Daily Aug. 29, 2026

By funneling income and investment toward export industries and away from consumers, this depresses consumption and expands the current account surplus.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

California has taken pains to eliminate coal as a source of electricity, and this would be the first coal export terminal in California — or anywhere on the West Coast.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

Factories making cameras, computers, watches, umbrellas, and T-shirts stand cheek by jowl with densely packed blocks of apartment buildings and fields of banana and mango trees, sugarcane, papaya, and pineapple destined for the export market.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

“Restricting exports is indeed a lever China can pull anytime, but it still entails economic costs,” said Tom Reed, head of oil market analysis at Argus Media, a price reporting agency.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

Iceland fought hard to become fully independent from Denmark in 1944, and its fishing and marine industries make up almost 40% of exports.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

China’s gasoline exports plunged 93% in the second quarter compared with a year earlier, diesel exports are down by a quarter and jet fuel exports have halved, according to Chinese customs data.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

Many provinces in the country banned US alcohol sales last year in response to previous tariffs, with the American wine and spirits industry saying exports to the country dropped more than 70%.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

David has three boys and a girl and still lives in Kibbutz Gan Shmuel, famous for its orchards and its exports of fruit concentrates and tropical fish.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson

Before the war, Tehran exported millions of barrels of oil a day, mostly to China.

From Barron's Aug. 28, 2026

Texas traded $303 billion in goods with Mexico and overall exported $299 billion of manufactured products in 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

But experts say another key factor was that India overestimated its own production - and allowed sugar to be exported before the extent of the shortfall became clear.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

China is the world's largest producer of cabbages, most of which are exported to neighbouring countries in Asia.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

“This is why we’re so excited about this contest, Adam Costello. Some of the beautiful work of the human young will be exported to the stars.”

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson

Ford, meanwhile, has threatened to stop exporting critical minerals to the U.S. or to raise the price of the electricity that Michigan, Minnesota, and New York import from Ontario.

From Slate Aug. 25, 2026

The US president did not say which countries would be exporting the beef, but added that there was a commitment to sell the beef at 25 percent below market prices.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

No longer just a producer of cheap consumer goods, China is exporting more high-value items that underpin global manufacturing.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar and other oil and gas exporting countries in the region could gradually resume normal exports while Iran remained economically isolated.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

In return for exporting bird of paradise plumes and spices, New Guineans received Southeast Asian goods, including even such luxury items as Dong Son bronze drums and Chinese porcelain.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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