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Example Sentences

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Beijing gradually increased the amount of oil the teapots could import.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

What DeepSeek showed was the Chinese entrepreneurial appetite for seeking out opportunities in research and innovation, despite curbs on the import of advanced tech.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

“We don’t import a lot of crude,” Beaulieu said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

After nearly a year of absorbing higher import costs, businesses are now passing those costs on to consumers, squeezing household budgets further.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

The forest is foreign, an import, Lily tells me.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson