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The ship was loaded with furs and other commodities, and the captain was instructed to sail it back to a port in eastern Lake Erie.
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Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2024
Coal, oil, and gas are commodities whose prices fluctuate.
—Matt Simon / Grist, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2024
In general, most commodities will follow the typical price curve where, if supply is less than demand, the price goes up, while if supply exceeds demand, the price goes down.
—Zain Jaffer, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2024
People have less money to spend on discretionary items like art and need to concentrate on economic survival and the purchase of basic commodities and needs.
—Zain Jaffer, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2024
But there’s a deeper issue around how songs function as commodities.
—Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
And as a footnote, black market energy commodities, which are what much of Russia’s exports have become, are usually dirty, and shadow tankers are often leaky and almost always uninsured, creating the potential for catastrophic environmental and economic accidents.
—Suriya Jayanti, TIME, 20 Oct. 2024
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 the commodities market, oil prices tumbled below the $70-per-barrel mark, marking their worst weekly performance since December 2022.
—Detroit Free Press, 19 Oct. 2024
Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2024
Coal, oil, and gas are commodities whose prices fluctuate.
—Matt Simon / Grist, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2024
In general, most commodities will follow the typical price curve where, if supply is less than demand, the price goes up, while if supply exceeds demand, the price goes down.
—Zain Jaffer, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2024
People have less money to spend on discretionary items like art and need to concentrate on economic survival and the purchase of basic commodities and needs.
—Zain Jaffer, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2024
But there’s a deeper issue around how songs function as commodities.
—Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
And as a footnote, black market energy commodities, which are what much of Russia’s exports have become, are usually dirty, and shadow tankers are often leaky and almost always uninsured, creating the potential for catastrophic environmental and economic accidents.
—Suriya Jayanti, TIME, 20 Oct. 2024
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 the commodities market, oil prices tumbled below the $70-per-barrel mark, marking their worst weekly performance since December 2022.
—Detroit Free Press, 19 Oct. 2024
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“Commodities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commodities. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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