How to Use commodity in a Sentence

commodity

noun

• Oil is a commodity in high demand.
• Patience is a rare commodity.
• So essentially some traders had to sell oil at a loss to get somebody to take delivery of that commodity.
  — James Brown, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2022
• What this also means is that vaccines will be a scarce commodity in the coming months, nowhere more so than in low-income countries.
  — Wired, 10 Aug. 2022
• In order to reduce demand for the commodity, new equipment may be needed.
  — Bill Conerly, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
• As food, energy and commodity prices continue to climb around the world, few countries are feeling the bite as much as Ukraine.
  — Joe Rennison, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2022
• Will the soft power of media eventually become the most valuable commodity of all?
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 26 Nov. 2024
• Economists are expecting inflation to remain tame in next month, given big drops commodity prices, which should continue to transfer to products on store shelves.
  — Nate Dicamillo, Quartz, 10 Aug. 2022
• He was fascinated by how Neapolitans refused to be overwhelmed and remade by industrial commodities that flooded their city.
  — Thomas Meaney, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
• During the 1970s, Rotterdam again played a role in the evolution of commodity trading.
  — Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2022
• Just 41 and only seven seasons removed from his playing career, expect Dunivant to become a hot commodity this summer and fall.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2022
• But the most useful commodity, Kapadia says, is local notoriety.
  — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 30 Nov. 2024
• 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
• Rising commodity prices in Iraq and Iran have driven many to the streets in protest.
  — Abbas Al Lawati, CNN, 24 Aug. 2022
• 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
• Food commodity prices have come down from their spring peaks, and wholesale used car prices have fallen.
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 12 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 21 Dec 2024