diesel fuel

noun

: a heavy mineral oil used as fuel in diesel engines

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Fierro said the community watched as jobs, cattle sales and even tax revenue from the diesel fuel used to transport the animals evaporated due to the closures. — Susan Montoya Bryan, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026 Now Trump wants to fund Putin’s war machine in exchange for diesel fuel, which is in short supply and now comes at an exorbitant cost. — Kevin Igoe, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026 Politifact reported that the Ukrainian attacks have depleted Russian diesel fuel exports, which has left a hole in the global market and ratcheted up the price. — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2026 In September and for some of October, the Kremlin restricted the export of diesel fuel amid a Ukrainian campaign of attacks on its energy infrastructure. — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for diesel fuel

Word History

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of diesel fuel was in 1949

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