imported

Example Sentences

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Both species cannot be legally imported into Australia or kept, bred or sold.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Semiconductors are the next catalyst for imports, where heavy policy support is driving incremental gains but reliance on imported advanced chips remains, BofA says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

At the same time, Southern California cities have been investing in projects to capture stormwater and recharge groundwater as they seek to rely less on water imported from Northern California and the Colorado River.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Yet now, without any justification, the supermajority has imported Callais’ jury-rigged standards into the constitutional rules against racial gerrymandering.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

Chestnut was especially popular—not the imported European chestnut roasted on Manhattan street corners in the fall, but the smaller, soft-shelled, deeply sweet native American chestnut, now almost extinguished by chestnut blight.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann