importation

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Importation of Burmese pythons is regulated by an international treaty and by U.S. federal regulations listing them as “injurious to human beings.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2024

Importation of botulinum toxin into the U.S. is restricted and requires proper documentation from the Food and Drug Administration.

From Washington Times • Jul. 7, 2023

I needed to apply for a refund on my Vehicle Importation Permit, and renew my visa in case I wanted to reenter Mexico.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2019

Importation could bring down the price of some generics and off-patent drugs by increasing competition, suggested Ameet Sarpatwari, a lawyer and epidemiologist at Harvard Medical School who studies drug pricing.

From Scientific American • May 19, 2018

IMPORT, Importation, and Importer, being exactly the reverse of export, exportation, and exporter, refer to those terms, and take the opposite meaning.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir