imported

Example Sentences

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The sandwiches have been imported as part of a strategy to invest in food after a run of 7-Eleven location closures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

The number of imports from the US has grown in recent years, with 550,000 cattle imported in 2025, according to Canada's agriculture department.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 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

His agency, which depends almost entirely on imported water from the Delta via the State Water Project, serves more than 75,000 people in Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Hidden Hills, Westlake Village and surrounding areas.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

This priest, Bartolomé de las Casas, suggested using imported African laborers instead of oppressing the native people.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis