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Recent Examples of semifinished
Nickel—raw or semifinished—was Cuba’s third-largest export in 2024, according to the Observatory of Economic Complexity, and China was the top recipient.
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Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 24 May 2026
The Brazil Steel Institute said in a statement at the time that it was shocked by the announcement and warned that the decision would hurt the American steel industry, which needs semifinished products exported by Brazil to operate its mills.
—Letícia Casado, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2019
Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 24 May 2026
The Brazil Steel Institute said in a statement at the time that it was shocked by the announcement and warned that the decision would hurt the American steel industry, which needs semifinished products exported by Brazil to operate its mills.
—Letícia Casado, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for semifinished
Adjective
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Dress Your Windows Bare windows can often come across as unfinished.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
30 May 2026
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The program supporting that Surinamese farmer was among the thousands of projects abruptly terminated, leaving him with debt, unfinished investments, and no access to the market linkages he had been promised.—
Daphne Ewing-Chow,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
Adjective
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The platform has always been deliberately unpolished — not filtered through adult editors.—
Ashoka,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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The prerogative of those in blue and white is that of joyful abandon; the unpolished celebrations of players, staff and fans unfamiliar with these moments.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
Adjective
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Researchers also recently found that a higher intake of unprocessed meat may protect against dementia in older people who have a variant of a certain gene.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
25 May 2026
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Of My Own Making opens when, after a decade of productive therapy, Burke discovers a photo of the car accident that took her beloved grandmother’s life, and thirty years of unprocessed grief and trauma come tumbling out.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Semifinished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/semifinished. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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