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as in import

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verb

as in to sell
to send a product to be sold in another country countries that export oil to the U.S.

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Recent Examples of export
Noun
Nvidia also wanted the threshold for the know-your-customer checks to be in the tens of thousands (the equivalent of billions of dollars of chips) and pushed for end-of-life conditions to only apply to chips that were facing export controls. — Garrison Lovely, semafor.com, 13 Nov. 2026 Despite strong export performance, Egyptian manufacturers are not without their jitters as the year draws to a close. — Mayu Saini, Footwear News, 13 Nov. 2026
Verb
Are South Korean companies, known for exporting tanks and artillery systems, well-placed for a modern battlefield that has seen drones and counter-drone systems proliferate in Ukraine and Iran? — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026 Once the gas is extracted from the field situated some 185 kilometers (115 miles) southwest of Cyprus, it will be conveyed by pipeline to Egypt’s Damietta facility where it will be liquefied and exported to international markets, primarily Europe. — ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for export
Recent Examples of Synonyms for export
  1. import
  2. sell
  3. supply
  4. distribute
  5. trade
Noun
  • True to classic Japanese utility imports, the steering wheel is on the right side of the cab.
    — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 11 Nov. 2026
  • In September, as a 50 percent tariff and then an outright import ban closed in, Canadian whisky lost more than 15,000 cases of sales from a year earlier in the 18 states where government agencies control liquor sales.
    — Lars Hanson, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of import
Verb
  • The verdict St Vincent possesses an unexplored, get-away-from-it-all tranquillity that many more boisterous Caribbean islands would sell their last rum punch for.
    — James Rampton, TheWeek, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The three suspects — two Greeks and one Albanian national — are accused of removing piping from the building’s gas supply network to sell the copper as scrap, causing a major gas leak.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of sell
Noun
  • Smaller cargo drones transported emergency medical supplies into areas inaccessible to conventional rescue vehicles.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected accusations that Israel has been delaying the entry of winter supplies into the Gaza Strip as severe rains flood makeshift tents, worsening conditions in the enclave this week.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of supply
Verb
  • The launch reflects a growing effort to address data center power constraints by distributing computing capacity across existing sites.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2026
  • The garden in the Bronx and its curators worked with Krukoff to name and distribute his sets of plant samples and kept copies for their own collections.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of distribute
Verb
  • Then on Tuesday came news the Chiefs had traded for Colts wide receiver Josh Downs, giving Mahomes another weapon on offense.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Brown ran into early foul trouble and scored only 13 points in his first game against Boston since the 2024 NBA Finals MVP was traded over the summer to the Sixers.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of trade

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