Thesaurus results for COMMODITIES

commodities

noun

plural of commodity

as in merchandise

products that are bought and sold in business commodities such as sugar and oil

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Recent Examples of commodities The legislation also arrives as governments and businesses face growing pressure from international markets to demonstrate that commodities such as beef are not linked to deforestation. —

Steven Grattan, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026 Citizens become commodities; technology increases the power of an already powerful few; pop culture serves up mechanized slop; truth and lies commingle. —

Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026 Vivek Dhar, head of commodities and sustainability research at CBA, expects Brent to fall to around $80 a barrel by year-end, assuming the Strait remains open and exports recover. —

Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 15 June 2026 Trading commodities, futures, and options involves a substantial risk of loss. —

Usa Today, USA Today, 15 June 2026 Hamad Hussain, climate and commodities economist at Capital Economics, pointed out in a separate note Monday that tankers need to fill up on gulf supplies in order for shut-in production to restart. —

Jason Ma, Fortune, 15 June 2026 District officials believe the aging of existing farmers with no succession plans, less valuable soils in that area, and the current low prices for commodities make financial incentives more attractive and the target attainable. —

Allen Best, Denver Post, 14 June 2026 African countries imported $182 billion worth of Chinese goods while exporting just $93 billion back, overwhelmingly in raw commodities, according to a recent report from the Boston University Global Development Policy Center and the African Economic Research Consortium. —

Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 3 June 2026 Getty Images Despite trade wars and tariffs, Japan exported three of its most valuable commodities to the United States (and Canada) this off-season. —

Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026

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Fans decked out in Knicks merchandise filled the streets, subways and office towers with a sea of blue and orange, often fist-pumping strangers with all feeling buoyed by the Knicks pinch-me moments on the march to the championship prize.

— Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 14 June 2026
Fans lined up early on June 14, 2026, outside the Knicks Team Store at MSG and the NBA Store on Fifth Avenue to buy Knicks NBA championship merchandise.

— Andrew Ramos, CBS News, 14 June 2026