imported

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Ship-spotting got its start as gossip in London’s 17th-century coffeehouses when the newly imported drink became fashionable among the professional classes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

With the help of large handheld food mixers, they carefully grind the mixture of dried Californian grapes and water, which they then ferment before distilling it in a large still imported from Germany.

From Barron's • May 2, 2026

In March, the U.S. imported 457,000 barrels a day of Venezuelan crude, according to market-intelligence firm Kpler.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Up until then, China imported almost half of the world’s used plastic, and the collapse in this market spread turmoil among U.S. recyclers and resulted in more used plastics being sent to landfills.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

In most other places it was instead imported, in the form of crops and livestock that had been domesticated elsewhere.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond