How to Use commodity in a Sentence

commodity

noun

• Oil is a commodity in high demand.
• Patience is a rare commodity.
• Rents change much more slowly than commodity prices like gas.
  — Christopher Rugaber, ajc, 13 Sep. 2022
• But there’s a deeper issue around how songs function as commodities.
  — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
• The devices appear to be an emerging commodity on the black market.
  — Scott Glover and Curt Devine, CNN, 30 Aug. 2022
• The evolving health care market assumes that health care is a commodity that does not require long-term relationships, much less the need to abide by a covenant of care.
  — Peter A. Bonis, STAT, 11 Sep. 2022
• The service is capitalizing on a valuable commodity these days – time.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 8 Sep. 2022
• Foremost Group ships travel often to Chinese ports because much of the world’s commodity trade goes to and from China.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2022
• Farming is a tough business, especially for small- and medium-sized farms, which can be rocked by the weather and fluctuations in commodities pricing and fuel costs.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2024
• In a world where crucial resources — workers, electricity, housing and more — are in short supply, the globe is expected to have an abundance of at least one commodity: oil.
  — Courtenay Brown, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
• There’s the second lesson: A shortage of electricity doesn’t work like a shortage of a physical commodity.
  — Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2022
• Even before the floods, Pakistan faced a steep fall in foreign exchange because of soaring global commodity prices and a rise in the U.S. dollar.
  — Andrew Jeong, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2022
• But if Fields puts together a really good season with the state of the offensive line and talent at wide receiver, that would make Getsy a commodity.
  — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2022
• The thief steals two of the most valuable commodities of his time: wax and honey.
  — Barrett Klein, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024
• Prices of basic commodities have soared, and poverty is on the rise.
  — Claire Parker, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2023
• Prices of these commodities could spike as a result, the bank said in a note to clients dated March 6.
  — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 9 Mar. 2023
• The humble commodity has caused the rise and fall of empires.
  — Wsj Books Staff, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2023
• The global commodities chief saw revenues for his desk surge to over $3 billion last year, thanks to high oil and gas prices.
  — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 13 Dec. 2023
• The vessels are used to transport commodities like iron ore and soybeans.
  — Michael Forsythe, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2024
• In fact, the water that comes from these forests is a valuable commodity.
  — Outside Online, 2 Oct. 2024
• The waterfront was the first point of connection as people and commodities came in on ships.
  — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2024
• How trains are managed: Railroads used to prefer trains to contain cars with the same kinds of commodities, like crude oil or corn.
  — Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2023
• The modern running back is seen as the most dispensable of commodities by NFL coaches and scouts.
  — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 15 Mar. 2023
• Jeff Currie, the global head of commodities flagged this again for the market just recently.
  — Mark Le Dain, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023
• Wheat could be stored for long periods and was a top trade commodity.
  — Jim Robbins, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Feb. 2023
• Week to date, gold futures are up around 2.2%, putting the commodity on pace for its third straight positive week.
  — Brian Evans,alex Harring, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2024
• The dollar’s value would be kept stable vs. gold and commodities.
  — Nathan Lewis, Forbes, 5 May 2023
• That comes at a cost of time and energy, two precious commodities on any space mission.
  — Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023
• One, enough food, water, medicine, and essential commodities need to come into the Gaza Strip.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 2 May 2024
• When they were first introduced to the general public as a common commodity in the late ‘90s, computers and the internet fundamentally changed the world overnight.
  — Kody Boye, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Nov 2024