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How to use the word COMMODITY in a Sentence?

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In the name of money and power, nations collide, Killing each other, as if life's a commodity to decide.

Christen Kuikoua

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6 months ago

The cost of chicken, the cost of beef, the cost of aluminum to make a wet cat food can … a lot of those commodity prices have been rising pretty dramatically throughout 2021 and 2022, which has caused manufacturers to increase their costs, and then therefore a lot of retailers follow suit.

Andrea Binder

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There have been supply chain pressures, and there have been commodity cost increases. But [companies] have, I think, taken price increases that exceed that, they are, to me, absolutely profit taking.

Mark Lang

Found on CNN
1 year ago

People like Mike Pence, they trust Mike Pence. DeSantis may be the hot commodity today, but if he stumbles, they’re going to go to somebody they trust.

Vander Plaats

Found on CNN
1 year ago

> CompaniesGlencore PLCFollowHSBC Holdings PLCFollowMELBOURNE, Jan 5( Reuters) - International investors with $ 2.2 trillion in assets will ask commodity giant Glencore Plc( GLEN.L) to show how its development of thermal coal mines meets the goals of the Paris climate accord to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees.Glencore is one of the worlds largest producers and traders of the fossil fuel used in power generation and record prices of the commodity helped add some $ 10 billion to its earnings in the six months to June. read more Major institutional investors including Europes Legal and General Investment Management( LGIM) said in a joint statement they have cofiled a shareholder resolution that asks Glencore to reveal how its production and capital expenditure plans align with the Paris goals and the International Energy Agency Net Zero Emissions pathway.Having both invested in and engaged with Glencore over many years, a higher degree of transparency is necessary in order to clarify how the company’s exposure to thermal coal is aligned with the 1.5 C pathway and corresponds to its net zero commitment.

Dror Elkayam

Found on Reuters
1 year ago

Higher global prices are trickling down to United States. Natural gas has become a global commodity with the emergency of LNG, every spare molecule United States can find, United States are shipping to the eurozone.

United States

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It's the value of production within the physical borders of the United States, so therefore if you have, hypothetically, exports that are flat and higher imports, then your trade deficit is rising. In that sense, a rising trade deficit subtracts from GDP, when you have highly fluctuating commodity prices, and especially in periods of high inflation in general, then it can be misleading and, in my opinion, paint an overly negative view of where The US economy is.

Jacob Kirkegaard

Found on CNN
2 years ago

When you have highly fluctuating commodity prices, and especially in periods of high inflation in general, then it can be misleading and, in my opinion, paint an overly negative view of where The US economy is.

Jacob Kirkegaard

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Once that stockpiling impulse ended, then global commodity demand started to reconnect with global growth.

Daniel Ghali

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Covid has incinerated sexual desire, couples that live together lost any intrigue and mystery working remotely side by side, and alone time to recharge became a precious commodity.

Madelyn Esposito-Smith

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The oil and gas sector is making extraordinary profits, not as the result of recent changes, risk-taking or innovation or efficiency, but as the result of surging global commodity prices.

Rishi Sunak

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Overall, this amounts to the largest commodity shock we've experienced since the 1970s.

Indermit Gill

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The winners were commodity producers and their banks, and the losers are the various clients that AQR and other large asset managers represent : firefighters, municipal workers, and university endowments.

Jordan Brooks

Found on CNN
2 years ago

In my view, betting on a significant pick-up on China-Russia commodity trade could end in tears.

Stephen Innes

Found on CNN
2 years ago

No surprise that outdoor spaces where friends can gather is a major home-buying trend, especially as COVID has continued to linger, everyone is looking for a house with a pool; however, in addition to that, there has been an increased desire for outdoor cooking spaces. Pizza ovens, outdoor bars, and state-of-the-art grills are now a hot commodity.

Lauren Reynolds

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Globally, a surge in commodity prices will aggravate already existing inflationary pressures.

Carsten Brzeski

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Russian President Vladimir Putin intends to reposition Russia as a powerful nation whose strength rests on its energy and commodity resources as well as its military, this is likely to have significant repercussions for the security arrangements in Europe and globally.

Ben May

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Water isn't free, somebody has to go and acquire the water, treat it, distribute it to our homes and then treat the wastewater after it leaves our homes. We need to think about water as a precious commodity.

David Feldman

Found on CNN
2 years ago

My mom called me, she tells me about the carpentry program [at Project H.O.O.D.], i said, 'I'm going to think about it.' Next thing you know, she's like, ‘You're not doing anything right now. The real estate hasn't really picked up yet. Let's take it on.’ And she was right. Time is your biggest commodity.

Devin Howard

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

With the FTSE 100, what you’ve got is an unusual mix of unpredictable stocks like oils and commodity prices which are showing some signs of life, what it hasn’t got are the growth stocks that have been so powerful in the U.S.

Russ Mould

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

In commodity businesses like PG’s, price is everything, for that kind of business, you need scale and efficiency.

David Autor

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

We are facing a complicated domestic and international environment, especially a rise in commodity prices, which has put significant cost pressure on business.

Liu Aihua

Found on CNN
3 years ago

They might think that it operates as an homage because it appears to honor Black style. In this case, they graft off of what academics have called the esthétique du cool that attends Black culture, in reality, Blackfishing situates that style as a commodity. It has the effect of reducing a people with a specific history to a series of appropriable traits or objects.

Leslie Bow

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The danger is that this cavalier approach to rules is becoming corrosive to that most precious commodity for any government — public trust.

The Sun

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

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