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Example Sentences

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Most to my taste is “Bookish,” an episodic British import beginning Sunday on PBS.

From Los Angeles Times

A stronger franc against other currencies makes imports cheaper, thereby lowering inflation, but also makes exports more expensive and less attractive to consumers in other nations.

From The Wall Street Journal

The state relies on billions of dollars collected by the government from thousands of Cuban doctors working in Venezuela, Mexico and other countries, and subsidized Venezuelan oil imports, to keep the lights on.

From The Wall Street Journal

Refineries from Puget Sound to the Texas coast were designed decades ago to run the types of heavier and more sour grades of crude that the U.S. imports from countries including Canada, Mexico and Venezuela.

From The Wall Street Journal

In Europe, the continent's reliance on cheap Chinese imports is growing, according to research from Dutch bank ING.

From BBC