importing
- present participle of import.
Example Sentences
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Eugene Kim designed the interior of the spa, importing nearly all the materials and most of the furniture from Korea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Without Russian diesel, importing countries have turned in large part to U.S. diesel, which has helped push U.S. domestic prices higher, Mills said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
Extracting a tonne of coal now costs nearly twice as much as importing it, and domestic production no longer fully covers the country's needs.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
"For anybody importing goods the scenario changes completely in terms of the paperwork that one is going to have to present to get the goods in," he says.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Why was Bobbie Lyles importing ridiculous amounts of data into her home, into her back bedroom, specifically; way more data than that crappy desktop dinosaur PC with its half a gigabyte of RAM could handle?
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
