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import

[im-pawrt, -pohrt, im-pawrt, -pohrt] / ɪmˈpɔrt, -ˈpoʊrt, ˈɪm pɔrt, -poʊrt /




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"In such a scenario, India is expected to double its market share from 6% in 2024 to 12% in the UK's RMG import in the near to medium term," CareEdge said in a report.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

The teen prodigy from Barcelona came into this World Cup expecting to sweep America as the most successful Spanish import since the Macarena.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

On the import side, India imported $11.7bn from the UK, and over 45% consisted of silver, which remains on India's exclusion list and is outside the agreement.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

They’ll import them, initially from China and later from other countries in Asia.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

“You could toboggan very well. Excellent Canadian toboggans are sold in Montreux. Ochs Brothers sell toboggans. They import their own toboggans.”

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway

How much this boosts imports will become clearer in the coming months, says Singh, though he sees momentum building ahead of the new terms of trade taking effect.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

The FTA between the world's fifth and sixth largest economies removes or reduces tariffs on 99% of Indian exports to the UK and 90% of UK imports into India.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

The U.S. is now less reliant on energy imports than it was back then.

From MarketWatch Jul. 12, 2026

It means that despite its rich natural resources, the country is reliant on costly fuel imports.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

But archaeologists studying Jomon Japan have found little evidence of direct imports from China, in contrast to China’s big influence on subsequent Japanese history.

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

On the import side, India imported $11.7bn from the UK, and over 45% consisted of silver, which remains on India's exclusion list and is outside the agreement.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

In any case, the announcement appeared to secure a commitment from Trump to exempt Apple from tariffs imposed on imported chips.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

Sure, the U.S. is significantly less dependent on imported crude compared with other countries, said Hani Abuagla, senior market analyst at XTB MENA, the Middle East and North Africa unit of European brokerage house XTB.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

Traders can only hope South Korea–style turbulence won’t be imported to Wall Street.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

I was envisioning one particular spot on the floor, a pile of imported Tunisian pillows, perfect to curl up in and e-mail friends.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer

"For anybody importing goods the scenario changes completely in terms of the paperwork that one is going to have to present to get the goods in," he says.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

It is only this month, however, that Russia was forced to start importing gasoline, for the first time in decades.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

“It absorbed the pressure by importing less, cutting refinery runs, drawing inventories and leaning on the alternative-energy infrastructure it had spent years building.”

From MarketWatch Jun. 18, 2026

We’ll just keep importing all of our power … through cables … from Sicily.

From Slate Jun. 6, 2026

“Just a way of speaking,” said Lina, who knew more about her husband’s importing concern that she’d been letting on.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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