EXPORTING Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

exporting

verb

present participle of export

as in selling

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 exporting Among the most intriguing possibilities, Brouhard said, is that Gulf nations exporting oil are surreptitiously paying Iran fees in exchange for safe transit through the Strait of Hormuz – even as they’re secured by US military escorts. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026 Situated about 75 kilometers (46 miles) north of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, Mokha is historically known as the region's chief coffee-exporting center, and the source of the term mocha. — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026 The Associated Press Seven major oil-exporting countries agreed Sunday to keep production steady in November at a time when the Iran war has driven the price of benchmark Brent crude oil above $100 a barrel. — ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026 Last year, federal prosecutors similarly charged two Chinese nationals living in Southern California with illegally exporting tens of millions of dollars’ worth of artificial intelligence microchips to China. — Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026 Lu, too, dismissed claims that China is simply exporting its industrial overcapacity. — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026 And Peru and Chile have offset higher energy costs by exporting minerals, including copper and gold, whose prices have climbed to record highs. — Dan Restrepo, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026 Scott further argued that Hollywood is key for exporting American values. — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026 Gordei then allegedly falsified documents to state that a New Jersey company was exporting the spectrometer. — Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026

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Many advisors also aim to reduce your lifetime tax bill with such strategies as selling profitable assets during your lower income years.

— Kate Dore, CFP®, EA,Kelli Grant, CFP®, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
Fremantle, which has a first-look deal with Me+You, is selling the show globally.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026

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Under the White House pool system, the networks -- ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News and NBC -- rotate responsibilities for gathering and distributing footage of the president's daily movements.

— Miriam Waldvogel, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
At a church in Pensacola where the United Cajun Navy was distributing supplies Sunday morning, a line of hundreds of cars stretched around the block.

— Sophie Bates, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026

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