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tobacco

[tuh-bak-oh] / təˈbæk oʊ /


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The situation in Saguenay is unique because Rio generates more than 90% of the electricity it consumes with its own hydropower system, thanks to water rights the tobacco tycoon secured a century ago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

However, the finding does not lessen the well-established dangers of tobacco use.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

Cervical cancer screening rates are very low among the poorest and least-educated women; while tobacco use remains higher among less-educated men than among more educated men.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

The “other” category includes tobacco, personal-care products and services, as well as legal services.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

As plantation farming expanded, particularly tobacco and cotton farming, demand increased greatly for both labor and land.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

For hobbies he collects pipes, strangely blended tobaccoes, old clocks.

From Time Magazine Archive

One need only put his head in at my door to realize that tobaccoes are of two kinds, the Arcadia and others.

From My Lady Nicotine A Study in Smoke by Maurice Brazil Prendergast

It is not even a good mixture, for I used to try it occasionally; and if there is one man in London who knows tobaccoes it is myself.

From My Lady Nicotine A Study in Smoke by Maurice Brazil Prendergast

The sentries, outposts and vedettes forbear musketry; on the contrary, exchange tobaccoes sometimes, and have a snatch of conversation.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 20 by Thomas Carlyle

I have given orders to the Farmers-General to treat in preference, and at a reasonable price, for the purchase of the tobaccoes of North America.

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. XI by Jared Sparks

The shift from traditional smoking of indigenous tobaccos and other plants to commercial tobaccos has had “significant deleterious effects on tribal culture and health,” the study said.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 3, 2018

“It’s something we’ve been planning for,” said David Sylvia, a spokesman for Altria Group, the parent company of John Middleton, which manufactures the popular Black & Mild cigar brand and a variety of pipe tobaccos.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2013

Still Wynder believes it may be possible to achieve a significant reduction of tars by using selected tobacco strains or reconstituted tobaccos along with filters.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Greek syndicates of gamblers; the late Sir Basil Zaharoff, merchant of death; tens of thousands of Greek traders in fruits, tobaccos, steamships have carried on the Ulysses tradition of wandering, guile and gain.

From Time Magazine Archive

Closely related species replace each other geographically among the amaranths, beans, chenopods, chili peppers, cottons, squashes, and tobaccos.

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


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