import
verb (used with object)
to bring in (merchandise, commodities, workers, etc.) from a foreign country for use, sale, processing, reexport, or services.
imported
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past participleof import.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof import.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
importverb (used with object)to bring in (merchandise, commodities, workers, etc.) from a foreign country for use, sale, processing, reexport, or services.
Example Sentences
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This tariff is paid for by the American company that has imported the toys.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
“Both toys and other recreational goods — products that are largely imported — posted their largest-ever monthly changes,” the analysts wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
The IMF has warned that the effects of the shock have been unequal, with developing countries reliant on imported energy hit the hardest.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
By the end of the decade, at least half of the EVs imported would be required to have a price of $35,000 Canadian dollars, equivalent to roughly $24,500 in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Until the Chinese-style plow was imported in the seventeenth century, farmers in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and other states labored to shove what amounted to a narrow slab of metal through the earth.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
