How to Use commodity in a Sentence

commodity

noun
  • Oil is a commodity in high demand.
  • Patience is a rare commodity.
  • Now one of the earth’s most common commodities is a precious resource to residents that cities spend millions of dollars on.
    Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Rather than be hostage to commodity prices and risk a boom-and-bust cycle, the idea was to secure oil revenues for future generations.
    Charlie Campbell / Dili, Timor-Leste, TIME, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Rising commodity prices and the weak yen are prompting companies to pass on higher costs to shoppers at the fastest pace in decades in Japan.
    Emiko Jozuka, CNN, 9 Jan. 2023
  • That is translating to widespread gains for companies that produce or refine the commodity.
    Charley Grant, WSJ, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Hyman also noted that tighter Fed policy has helped push down commodity prices as well as bond yields, pointing to a slowing economy.
    Jeff Cox, CNBC, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Yet the Russian economy performed above expectations, buoyed by high commodity prices.
    Matthew Mpoke Bigg Helene Cooper Julia Jacobs Ivan Nechepurenko Stephen Castle Ivan Nechepurenko Steven Erlanger Ivan Nechepurenko Eric Schmitt Carlotta Gall Max Fisher, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2023
  • That money comes in two forms: insurance premium subsidies and programs that cushion farmers from low commodity prices or revenue losses.
    Tamar Haspel, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Oil and commodity prices, meanwhile, are falling rapidly, another sign of investors' growing unease about the global economic picture.
    Jamie McGeever, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2024
  • Prices of basic commodities have soared, and poverty is on the rise.
    Claire Parker, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Prices of these commodities could spike as a result, the bank said in a note to clients dated March 6.
    Julia Horowitz, CNN, 9 Mar. 2023
  • The humble commodity has caused the rise and fall of empires.
    Wsj Books Staff, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The global commodities chief saw revenues for his desk surge to over $3 billion last year, thanks to high oil and gas prices.
    Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The vessels are used to transport commodities like iron ore and soybeans.
    Michael Forsythe, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The waterfront was the first point of connection as people and commodities came in on ships.
    Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2024
  • How trains are managed: Railroads used to prefer trains to contain cars with the same kinds of commodities, like crude oil or corn.
    Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The modern running back is seen as the most dispensable of commodities by NFL coaches and scouts.
    Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Jeff Currie, the global head of commodities flagged this again for the market just recently.
    Mark Le Dain, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Wheat could be stored for long periods and was a top trade commodity.
    Jim Robbins, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Week to date, gold futures are up around 2.2%, putting the commodity on pace for its third straight positive week.
    Brian Evans,alex Harring, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The dollar’s value would be kept stable vs. gold and commodities.
    Nathan Lewis, Forbes, 5 May 2023
  • That comes at a cost of time and energy, two precious commodities on any space mission.
    Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023
  • One, enough food, water, medicine, and essential commodities need to come into the Gaza Strip.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 2 May 2024
  • Costs have crept up in recent years because commodities like wood pulp — which is used to make paper products — hit record highs in 2022.
    Emma Kumer, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2024
  • The cost of commodities such as wheat and corn has fallen in recent months because of easing global demand.
    Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 10 May 2023
  • In his mind, a key issue is that many don’t understand the nuance of the law around securities and commodities.
    Byleo Schwartz, Fortune Crypto, 5 July 2023
  • The decline in gas prices owes in large part to a steep drop in the cost of crude oil, the underlying commodity that refineries turn into gas.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Producer input prices fell a larger-than-forecast 1.3% on the month amid a drop in oil and commodity prices.
    Tom Rees, Fortune, 19 July 2023
  • Henry earned an offer during a day camp in June 2022 and has steadily become a top commodity over the past year.
    Stephen Means, cleveland, 28 July 2023

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