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component

[kuhm-poh-nuhnt, kom-] / kəmˈpoʊ nənt, kɒm- /




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The plant’s axles also go into GM’s midsize trucks, the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon, and it makes an axle component for the company’s light-duty Silverado and Sierra.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Unionized workers at a Michigan plant producing a key component for General Motors GM -5.21%decrease; down pointing triangle trucks have reached a tentative agreement for a new labor contract following a 10-day strike.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

With Americans living longer and the country in the midst of a “great wealth transfer” between generations, estate planning has become a crucial component of any family’s finances.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Wholesale electronics component prices have risen sharply as a result in recent months.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

They have gone through this cycle at least twice, possibly more—rising to awesome heights, eroding away to nothingness, rising again, each time recycling their component materials in a dazzlingly confused and complex geology.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson




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