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free trade

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as in traffic

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Recent Examples of free trade One factor moving the industry forward is the upcoming free trade agreement with the European Union. — Mayu Saini, Footwear News, 12 Aug. 2026 California lawmakers asked Quebec to lift the ban, sidestep Trump and promote free trade. — Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026 Angola signed a $900 million deal with two private Chinese investors to help develop its free trade zone, part of Luanda’s efforts to diversify its oil-dominant economy. — Jenny Vaughan, semafor.com, 22 July 2026 Continue reading … CHAD WOLF — Canada can't expect free trade while leaving our northern border vulnerable. — FOXNews.com, 16 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for free trade

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Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has remained well below pre-war levels.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
The incident marked the city’s 15th pedestrian death and 29th overall traffic fatality of 2026.

— Jason Green, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026

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There is also a similar site for counter-drone kit called C-UAS marketplace.

— Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026
Each spring, filmmakers, studio executives, producers, distributors, and creatives from around the globe gather on the French Riviera for the world’s most influential film festival and marketplace.

— IndieWire Staff, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2026

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The illicit activity came to light in 2023, when the former Harvard Medical School morgue manager was indicted for conspiring to steal body parts from cadavers donated to the Boston institution and sell them on the black market.

— Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
Caruso noted that selling any work by an artist of such exceptional stature as Antonello on the black market would be virtually impossible.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of black market

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Farmers blocked the highways leading into the city while demonstrators erected barricades throughout Cochabamba, occupied the central plaza, and halted transportation and commerce.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026
Redefining How Fashion Is Bought If the early wave of e-commerce was about access and the mobile era was about convenience, the next phase, agentic commerce, will be defined by confidence.

— Footwear News, Footwear News, 18 Aug. 2026

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Warships, mammoth bones and parts of ancient constructions all have emerged from the slumping waters of the Danube, the Rhine and other rivers in the scorching drought that has also disrupted trade, power and water supplies.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
As the war with Iran continues and both sides seek to control the strait, through which 25% of the world's oil trade transited before the war began in February, oil prices have reached their highest level since July.

— August 20, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of trade

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The Biden administration’s absolute restriction on peptides resulted in Americans turning to the gray market without being properly educated.

— Robert Pearl, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
On some looksmaxxing forums, men coach each other on how to administer filler on themselves, with materials obtained on the black or gray market.

— Charles Trepany, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of gray market

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Gonzalez’ retirement triggered the promotion of Jack Gayton, a seven-year veteran of The Vitamin Shoppe, to senior vice president of merchandising, leading the company’s merchant and product development organization.

— David Moin, Footwear News, 23 Aug. 2026
There was positive growth in nine of 13 merchandising categories.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of merchandising

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