brent
1 Americannoun
plural
brents,plural
brentnoun
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Margaret, 1600?–1671?, U.S. colonial landowner, born in England: regarded as an early feminist.
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a borough of Greater London, England.
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a male given name.
noun
Example Sentences
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U.S. benchmark crude oil was at $75.25 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange on Friday, while brent crude, the international standard, was at $78.74 per barrel.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 28, 2023
Light crude oil fell by 1.49% during the Asian session to $39.69 a barrel while brent crude slipped 1.25%.
From Reuters • Nov. 10, 2020
A barrel of brent crude oil costs roughly $50 more today than it did back then.
From Slate • Apr. 27, 2011
February 5, 2010 2:10 pm Link This article is “overrated”. hahaha! — brent 23.
From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2010
And lykewise is the brayne brent and parched and is the quantyte of mommye and so the blode is mroeued in the rydge of the backe.
From The Old English Herbals by Rohde, Eleanour Sinclair
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