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Recent Examples of commoditiesPerhaps above all, the new era involved the rapid expansion and growth in density of networks that enabled unprecedented movement of commodities, people, information (including the measurements recorded by Sabine’s observatories), and invasive organisms.—Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025 The challenges posed by out-of-stock birth control commodities are also being compounded by broader cuts to USAID programs for family planning services in Tanzania.—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025 Alts include private-market assets, real estate, commodities such as gold and oil, and cryptocurrencies, among others.—Annie Nova, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2025 Narrative becomes montage, and as commodities acquire the property of information, the amassment of wealth follows from the naming of things rather than the making of things.—Henry Freedland, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025 Actors had become commodities of scale, defined largely by their ability to summon $100 million grosses.—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025 Hollywood studios are rare commodities not often up for sale.—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025 The People’s Bank of China has been a relentless purchaser of gold, marking its 11th consecutive monthly buy this September, per commodities news site Kitco.—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025 Access to nature has become one of the greatest commodities since the pandemic, and the Atacama is filthy rich in that regard.—Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2025
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