How to Use commodity in a Sentence
commodity
noun- Oil is a commodity in high demand.
- Patience is a rare commodity.
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Prices of basic commodities have soared, and poverty is on the rise.
— Claire Parker, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2023 -
Prices of these commodities could spike as a result, the bank said in a note to clients dated March 6.
— Julia Horowitz, CNN, 9 Mar. 2023 -
The humble commodity has caused the rise and fall of empires.
— Wsj Books Staff, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2023 -
The global commodities chief saw revenues for his desk surge to over $3 billion last year, thanks to high oil and gas prices.
— Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 13 Dec. 2023 -
The vessels are used to transport commodities like iron ore and soybeans.
— Michael Forsythe, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2024 -
In fact, the water that comes from these forests is a valuable commodity.
— Outside Online, 2 Oct. 2024 -
The waterfront was the first point of connection as people and commodities came in on ships.
— Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2024 -
How trains are managed: Railroads used to prefer trains to contain cars with the same kinds of commodities, like crude oil or corn.
— Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2023 -
The modern running back is seen as the most dispensable of commodities by NFL coaches and scouts.
— Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 15 Mar. 2023 -
Jeff Currie, the global head of commodities flagged this again for the market just recently.
— Mark Le Dain, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023 -
Wheat could be stored for long periods and was a top trade commodity.
— Jim Robbins, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Feb. 2023 -
Week to date, gold futures are up around 2.2%, putting the commodity on pace for its third straight positive week.
— Brian Evans,alex Harring, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2024 -
The dollar’s value would be kept stable vs. gold and commodities.
— Nathan Lewis, Forbes, 5 May 2023 -
That comes at a cost of time and energy, two precious commodities on any space mission.
— Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023 -
One, enough food, water, medicine, and essential commodities need to come into the Gaza Strip.
— Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 2 May 2024 -
Costs have crept up in recent years because commodities like wood pulp — which is used to make paper products — hit record highs in 2022.
— Emma Kumer, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2024 -
The cost of commodities such as wheat and corn has fallen in recent months because of easing global demand.
— Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 10 May 2023 -
In his mind, a key issue is that many don’t understand the nuance of the law around securities and commodities.
— Byleo Schwartz, Fortune Crypto, 5 July 2023 -
The decline in gas prices owes in large part to a steep drop in the cost of crude oil, the underlying commodity that refineries turn into gas.
— Max Zahn, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2023 -
Rising commodity prices and the weak yen are prompting companies to pass on higher costs to shoppers at the fastest pace in decades in Japan.
— Emiko Jozuka, CNN, 9 Jan. 2023 -
Producer input prices fell a larger-than-forecast 1.3% on the month amid a drop in oil and commodity prices.
— Tom Rees, Fortune, 19 July 2023 -
Henry earned an offer during a day camp in June 2022 and has steadily become a top commodity over the past year.
— Stephen Means, cleveland, 28 July 2023 -
An Eszencia wine can be as sweet as 450 grams per liter and is a very rare and expensive commodity.
— Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 25 Apr. 2023 -
April’s commodity price of 43 cents per therm represents a return to a more normal price range.
— Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2023 -
Smith is one of the hottest commodities on the market this spring, and vacancies are surfacing everywhere.
— Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2024 -
In the past, certain businesses would have looked at banking as a commodity.
— Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 11 Mar. 2024 -
Even this noteworthy and emotion-charged scene can’t help but seem dispensed from a cinematic machine designed not to convey an experience beyond reason but to produce a commodity called darkness.
— Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2024 -
But there are also other mineral commodities ripped from the Earth, including gypsum, dimension stone, limestone and aggregate otherwise known as gravel pits.
— Matthew Dolan, Detroit Free Press, 7 Oct. 2024
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