Thesaurus results for IMPORTS

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noun

plural of import

as in senses

the idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action didn't understand all the technical jargon, but got the general import of the speech

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verb

present tense third-person singular of import

as in matters

to be of importance it imports little whether you like Grandma's gift; you should have graciously thanked her

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as in means

to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind the word "freedom" can import different things to different people

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Recent Examples of imports

Noun

Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images China's export growth declined to a six-month low in March as the Middle East conflict hit global demand outlook, while imports logged their strongest growth in more than four years. —

Anniek Bao,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 14 Apr. 2026 The region is hugely dependent on fuel imports and has already felt the effects of the waterway's effective closure. —

Yarden Segev, NBC news, 13 Apr. 2026 Investment in renewable power and battery storage — designed to save energy when the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing — is expected to increase in nations heavily dependent on energy imports, including European countries, according to the credit rating firm Fitch Ratings. —

ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026 No country relies more heavily on the strait than China, which receives nearly half of its oil imports through the international waterway. —

Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026 That port is vital for food imports as its main port in Dubai remains inaccessible. —

Npr Staff, NPR, 6 Apr. 2026 And a number of other imports through the strait, including aluminum, helium and fertilizer, among other goods, will raise prices for building materials, microchips and food. —

David Goldman, CNN Money, 6 Apr. 2026 Europe is the main importer of jet fuel — including kerosene — from the Persian Gulf, with supplies from that region accounting for about half of European Union and UK imports, according to Vortexa data compiled by Bloomberg News. —

Danny Lee, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2026 Gulf countries, Iraq, and Iran sit at a strategic crossroads of fertilizer exports and food imports. —

Comfort Ero, Time, 3 Apr. 2026

Verb

Pakistan still imports a third of its energy. —

Chan Ho-Him, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026 Since then, Jihad says the group no longer imports any electronics. —

Lauren Frayer, NPR, 12 Apr. 2026 Pakistan still imports a third of its energy. —

ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026 The increases follow tariffs that were also a significant expense, because the company imports coconut oil, shea butter, cocoa butter and other ingredients. —

Arkansas Online, 11 Apr. 2026 India imports roughly a quarter of its energy, much of it from the Middle East, and the war has battered Indian stocks. —

Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2026 The United States imports almost no oil through the Hormuz Strait and won't be taking any in the future. —

James Powel, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026 And to meet intense internal demand, the United States imports significant amounts of gasoline, jet fuel, diesel and other energy products. —

Matt Egan, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026 Japan, which imports almost all of its oil and gas, is releasing almost 80 million barrels of mostly crude oil as part of a record 400-million-barrel release from global oil stockpiles coordinated by the International Energy Agency. —

Rebecca Shabad, NBC news, 26 Mar. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for imports

Noun

The contest over causation goes to parents’ simultaneous senses of responsibility and helplessness about their children’s fates.

— Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2026
Like Dijon, svn4vr uses a dexterous, soulful rasp to fight for emotional truth from within songs that occupy shifting senses of space and bear the seams of digital assembly.

— H.D. Angel, Pitchfork, 9 Apr. 2026