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as in object
one that has a real and independent existence
the docudrama really wasn't a commodity until the television networks started creating their own feature-length movies
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In the red-hot Dallas-Fort Worth construction market, the cargo that Duran and the dozens of other local rock haulers carry is a precious commodity.
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Jim Ryan, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2024
Yet through a combination of 3D printing, commodity component choices, and clever physics tricks, Beaumont and Trowell built theirs for less than $500.
—Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 1 Aug. 2024
Before the exploitation of coal and oil, charcoal was the only fuel that burned hot enough to forge metal; for most of its life as a commodity, it was linked with warfare and heavy industry, the rise and fall of empires.
—Joshua Hughes, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2024
During the Nordic Bronze Age, from around 2000 to 500 B.C.E., commodities of all kinds flowed in and out of Northern Europe through long-distance trade networks that stretched across the continent.
—Richard Kemeny, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Aug. 2024
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Jim Ryan, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2024
Yet through a combination of 3D printing, commodity component choices, and clever physics tricks, Beaumont and Trowell built theirs for less than $500.
—Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 1 Aug. 2024
Before the exploitation of coal and oil, charcoal was the only fuel that burned hot enough to forge metal; for most of its life as a commodity, it was linked with warfare and heavy industry, the rise and fall of empires.
—Joshua Hughes, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2024
During the Nordic Bronze Age, from around 2000 to 500 B.C.E., commodities of all kinds flowed in and out of Northern Europe through long-distance trade networks that stretched across the continent.
—Richard Kemeny, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Aug. 2024
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“Commodity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commodity. Accessed 16 Sep. 2024.
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