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import

[im-pawrt, -pohrt, im-pawrt, -pohrt] / ɪmˈpɔrt, -ˈpoʊrt, ˈɪm pɔrt, -poʊrt /




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U.S. import prices rose 0.8% in March, less than the 2.4% increase expected by economists, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

If there was a silver lining, it was that import prices excluding petroleum rose a scant 0.1% in March.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

The UK has to import around half of what it uses from abroad, and demand is very high globally.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

In the longer term, the war will undoubtedly inspire countries that have to import energy to redouble efforts to wean themselves off fossil fuels.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

And yet I knew that in 1859 we were enslaved and in 1865 we were not, and what happened to us in those years struck me as having some amount of import.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates




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