exports

verb

present tense third-person singular of export
as in sells
to send a product to be sold in another country countries that export oil to the U.S.

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Recent Examples of exports The Kansas City metro area exports about $4 billion in goods to Canada annually, including vehicles, plastics, chemicals and agricultural products, according to a 2025 study by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2026 Bond pointed to purple states like Wisconsin, which exports dairy, and Maine, which exports seafood. — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026 New Delhi primarily exports rice, tea, sugar and pharmaceuticals to Iran, and imports dry and fresh fruits from Iran. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026 Azerbaijan exports its oil through multinational pipelines, such as the Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline, which stretches over 1,000 miles through the country of Georgia and on into Turkey. — Daniel Markind, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 The Houthis have vowed to close the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, a narrow waterway through which Saudi Arabia exports up to 7 million barrels of oil a day, now that access to the Strait of Hormuz is severely restricted. — Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026 These days, mezcal is among the most popular spirits on liquor store shelves; Mexico exports nearly 8 million litres of it each year. — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 July 2026 For Qatar, which exports around a fifth of global LNG supply, a Hormuz workaround would entail not only building an expensive pipeline infrastructure but also investing in liquefaction facilities at ports to turn pipeline gas into LNG to be shipped around the world. — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 4 June 2026 The company, which was founded in 1927, exports more than 98 percent of its production to more than 50 countries. — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 14 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exports
  1. sells
  2. distributes
  3. trades
  4. markets
  5. supplies
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  • This is not much of a surprise given that China is already the country’s largest export destination, accounting for 30 percent of everything Australia sells to the world.
    — Adam Y. Liu, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Pay now or later, or not at all Some mutual fund share classes charge a sales commission, or load, that compensates the broker or advisor who sells the fund.
    — Debbie Carlson, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of sells
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  • Pellicano from SkyPSI told me that SkyPSI does not manufacture drones but distributes them through a partner, allowing customers to either buy or lease them.
    — Ray Fernandez, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The ultra-fine mist distributes evenly and leaves a natural, skin-like finish.
    — Mickey Williams, Flow Space, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of distributes
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  • That's a nearly four-turn discount to P & G, which trades at about 20 times 2027 earnings estimates.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
  • As if this weren’t enough for one day, Venus will also make its debut in the secretive and smoldering sign of Scorpio, where the love planet trades light-hearted flirtation for something deeper and way more intense.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of trades
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  • Human Intelligence As Spec The Knowing markets itself as 100% human intelligence, which Thomas describes as a business proposition rather than a moral one.
    — Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • How do the league and markets combat potential insider trading?
    — Tim Britton, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of markets
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  • New Zealand supplies more than half of China's dairy imports, a dominance built under a bilateral trade agreement since 2008, that later granted duty-free access for all its dairy products in 2024.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The company, founded in 2004, uses organic, non-GMO soybeans and supplies grocery stores, restaurants and other food service businesses nationwide.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of supplies

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“Exports.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exports. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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