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vegetable oil

NOUN
grease
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Global food prices broke a five-month downward trend as rising wheat, vegetable oil and meat levels outweighed declines in cheese and sugar prices, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Imports from Malaysia amounted to $12.54 billion, mainly minerals, vegetable oil and electrical machinery and equipment.

From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026

ADM buys crops and sells them to food companies, governments and other buyers globally while running processing plants that turn oilseeds and grain into vegetable oil, fuel, livestock feed and other products.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

It forecast food price inflation would rise from 1.8% last month to 4.2% in the latter half of this year, and that price rises will continue for vegetable oil, orange juice, butter, and coffee.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2025

It was clear that I was unused to bleaching palm oil, that I was used to vegetable oil, which did not need bleaching.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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