fuel
noun
combustible matter used to maintain fire, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, in order to create heat or power.
nonfuel
-
a word derived from
fuel.
Example Sentences
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This looks achievable even after a third-quarter miss, given that its forward-booking trends look encouraging and there is scope for nonfuel unit pressures to moderate in the fourth quarter, he adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Carnival also added that an improvement in net yields and nonfuel costs would partially mitigate the more than $500 million impact from recent changes in fuel prices.
From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026
For one thing, a generous tax break for buying electric vehicles expired last fall, prolonging a slump in sales of nonfuel cars.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 4, 2026
Q. American predicts nonfuel costs in the third quarter will be up 12% to 14% compared with the third quarter of 2019 on a per seat, per mile basis.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 8, 2022
Namibia is the fourth-largest exporter of nonfuel minerals in Africa, the world's fifth-largest producer of uranium, and the producer of large quantities of lead, zinc, tin, silver, and tungsten.
From The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
