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as in object
one that has a real and independent existence
the docudrama really wasn't a commodity until the television networks started creating their own feature-length movies
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Recent Examples of commodity
Coming at a time of war and large fiscal deficits globally, and with inflationary pressures building from scarcity across multiple industrial commodities, rates across the world are rising toward the top end of multi-year ranges.
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Michael Santoli, CNBC, 19 May 2026
Making markets across thousands of contracts spanning elections, commodities, corporate events and macro indicators requires high-fidelity inputs across asset classes that were not designed to be priced together.
—Mike Cahill, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Trading commodities, futures, and options involves a substantial risk of loss.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 18 May 2026
In peacetime, the Strait of Hormuz handles roughly a fifth of global oil and LNG shipments, as well as other major commodities, including fertilizer.
—Alex Sundby, CBS News, 18 May 2026
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Michael Santoli, CNBC, 19 May 2026
Making markets across thousands of contracts spanning elections, commodities, corporate events and macro indicators requires high-fidelity inputs across asset classes that were not designed to be priced together.
—Mike Cahill, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Trading commodities, futures, and options involves a substantial risk of loss.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 18 May 2026
In peacetime, the Strait of Hormuz handles roughly a fifth of global oil and LNG shipments, as well as other major commodities, including fertilizer.
—Alex Sundby, CBS News, 18 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commodity
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Three-dimensional ads that look like physical objects in the road?—
Andrew P. Collins,
The Drive,
14 May 2026
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Many of the looks on display come from a collection of around 1,500 fashion objects and historical costumes from two Swiss collectors, Martin Kamer and Wolfgang Ruf, that the KGM acquired in 2003; Kamer was a costume designer and Ruf ran a gallery trading historical textiles.—
Cathrin Schaer,
Footwear News,
14 May 2026
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Surrogacy contracts that treat preborn lives as transferable goods should be outlawed.—
Kimberly Bird,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 May 2026
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Fuel shortages mean transporting goods is more expensive, so prices for energy, food, medicine and other basic items have also risen as supplies begin to dwindle.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
16 May 2026
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The 2016 act authorizes the president to impose economic sanctions and visa bans on foreign individuals or entities worldwide responsible for gross human rights abuses or significant corruption.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
18 May 2026
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Gender distress plays a more pronounced role in the film later on, as two crucial scenes frame it as the insurmountable obstacle that prevents the entity’s targets from returning to a version of their previous lives.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
18 May 2026
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But the export success has hardly trickled down to ordinary citizens and transformed into buying power that can reverse the ongoing property slump, analysts say.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
18 May 2026
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The House Foreign Affairs Committee has advanced a suite of export control legislation.—
Benjamin Guggenheim,
Washington Post,
18 May 2026
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When the Moon enters Taurus, recognition feels grounded because the message has substance behind it.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
14 May 2026
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Addictive pursuits from substance abuse through to gaming supposedly flood the brain with dopamine and hijack our actions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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On the Democratic side, Jesse Brewer, a former area manager for 7-Eleven locations, is running against Melissa Strange, a supply-chain director for an agribusiness company.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
19 May 2026
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Analysts say the reason global markets were not immediately hit by the full impact of disruptions to Middle Eastern crude supplies is that commercial inventories, government strategic reserves, and tankers already at sea have acted as buffers.—
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CNBC,
18 May 2026
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Stronger communities are built when mental-health services move beyond one-size-fits-all approaches and recognize the emotional, social, cultural and practical realities people face every day.—
Maria Bledsoe,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 May 2026
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In reality, clubs don’t progress all the way.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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The big difference here is that the economic environment actually plays into TJX's hands as a retailer known for offering quality merchandise at great prices.—
Zev Fima,Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
17 May 2026
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Some great examples of this include merchandise collaborations with The Rolling Stones and Disney’s Toy Story ahead of the franchise’s fifth installment releasing this summer.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2026
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“Commodity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commodity. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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