commodity

Example Sentences

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Still, long term, a diversified commodity futures fund is a better choice for investors seeking less-volatile outcomes.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Brands and bottle manufacturers warn that a prolonged war will risk making a crucial commodity prohibitively expensive for many Indians.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Some goods could be reclassified as commodity products if they are made almost entirely of the metals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

AI chips are the most precious commodity at any leading research lab, and at OpenAI, the video-generating app Sora was eating up far too many of them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The ice, a commodity unavailable at the motel, is for iced tea, which I brew by letting tea bags soak in a plastic cup of water overnight.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich