Example Sentences

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Combustibles had lower volume growth, but revenue still rose almost 7% due to higher overall pricing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Combustibles currently account for about 83% of its sales, according to the data firm FactSet.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 6, 2023

Ms. Mountweazel, alas, met a premature end, dying in an explosion while she was researching an article for Combustibles magazine.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 17, 2016

Neither had she ever heard of the Bureau of Combustibles!

From Cupid's Middleman by Lent, Edward B.

Combustibles of various kinds were piled around it, so that it could not fail to go off, if set on fire.

From Stories of Our Naval Heroes Every Child Can Read by Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman