Examples of diesel in a Sentence
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Jet fuel has come down, but diesel has now gone up above jet fuel.
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Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 25 May 2026
Gas is almost $5 a gallon, diesel is almost $6 a gallon, and the farmers here in Kentucky can’t afford the fertilizer to put on their fields.
—Kevin Liptak, CNN Money, 24 May 2026
Current base prices of the Hilux 4x4 with the aforementioned turbo-diesel powertrain start at AU$58,428 (US$41,725) in Melbourne.
—C.c. Weiss
may 21, New Atlas, 21 May 2026
The European Union and UK — which usually receive large volumes of diesel and jet fuel from the Middle East — have been importing bigger-than-usual amounts from the Gulf Coast, according to data from Vortexa.
—Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 20 May 2026
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Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 25 May 2026
Gas is almost $5 a gallon, diesel is almost $6 a gallon, and the farmers here in Kentucky can’t afford the fertilizer to put on their fields.
—Kevin Liptak, CNN Money, 24 May 2026
Current base prices of the Hilux 4x4 with the aforementioned turbo-diesel powertrain start at AU$58,428 (US$41,725) in Melbourne.
—C.c. Weiss
may 21, New Atlas, 21 May 2026
The European Union and UK — which usually receive large volumes of diesel and jet fuel from the Middle East — have been importing bigger-than-usual amounts from the Gulf Coast, according to data from Vortexa.
—Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 20 May 2026
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“Diesel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diesel. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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diesel
noun
die·sel
ˈdē-zəl 
-səl
1
2
: a vehicle (as a truck or train) driven by a diesel engine
3
: a fuel designed for use in diesel engines
Etymology
named for Rudolf Diesel 1858–1913 German engineer
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