How to Use exportation in a Sentence

exportation

noun
  • The exportation of these images are already bringing change to the world’s view of Africa and its people.
    — Shantay Robinson, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Feb. 2022
  • Experts also say exportation has become deeply ingrained in the supply chain, down to the farm level.
    — Kyle Bagenstose, USA TODAY, 16 June 2020
  • China has also cut tariffs up to 98% to increase the exportation of goods from nine African nations.
    — Quartz, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Then the refined products get shipped around the world, which counts as other-petroleum-product exportation.
    — Dominic Pino, National Review, 17 Mar. 2022
  • The exportation of American culture has long been one of our nation’s greatest soft-power assets.
    — John Ratcliffe, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2022
  • The exportation of African Music to American venues, dance-floors and living rooms.
    — Raval Davis, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021
  • All eight are in custody following the issuance of a 12-count indictment related to the thefts and exportation.
    — Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News, 10 May 2023
  • In 1860, Houston became a railroad hub for the exportation of what product?
    — Houston Chronicle, 17 Mar. 2020
  • As part of his platform, Myers wants to built on Indiana's exportation of medical and health care supplies.
    — Chris Sikich, Indianapolis Star, 29 Apr. 2020
  • This raised the alarm, Abernethy says, because Brazil doesn’t allow exportation of its native tarantulas.
    — Jason Bittel, National Geographic, 16 Sep. 2020
  • Offences against the law relating to the control of exportation or importation of goods of any type, or the international transfer of funds.
    — Mary Hui, Quartz, 7 June 2019
  • The state’s population relies heavily on the extraction and exportation of natural resources like oil, gas and coal.
    — Jose A. Del Real, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2022
  • Those countries will also be able to export the vaccines to other developing countries; however, re-exportation of the vaccines will not be allowed.
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 17 June 2022
  • A number of its systems have been affected from tax collection to importation and exportation processes through the customs agency.
    — Time, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Jacaranda, a dark rosewood that was a favorite of the midcentury designers, has been logged almost to the point of extinction, and the exportation of it is now highly restricted.
    — Helena Madden, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2021
  • The federal government is looking to ban importation and exportation of a species of a tropical fish that conservation groups have long said is exploited by the pet trade.
    — Patrick Whittle, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Some people voiced concerns about the potential for exportation of groundwater, which led to discussions in the Legislature.
    — Ian James, The Arizona Republic, 17 Apr. 2021
  • The lawsuit was a test for a growing movement to prohibit the plundering and exportation of national art treasures from underdeveloped nations.
    — Dawn Mitchell, Indianapolis Star, 26 Dec. 2019
  • The number taken out of the country surged in the late 1920s, just before the Iranian government outlawed their exportation.
    — James C. McKinley Jr., New York Times, 29 Oct. 2017
  • The capture and exportation of wild creatures can deplete natural ecosystems and contribute to the decline of wild species that may already be under stress from other factors like development and climate change.
    — Chris Iovenko, Discover Magazine, 4 May 2023
  • The United States’ exportation of these two ideas is radicalizing men and women across the globe, prompting foreign governments to take steps to protect their citizens.
    — Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware, Foreign Affairs, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Saudi exportation of Salafism, although somewhat slower and less radical of late, is one reason the Islamist war against the West could become a much more serious conflict.
    — Max Singer, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2017
  • The vehicles were then loaded onto shipping containers declared for exportation to foreign countries, most often Africa, prosecutors said.
    — Justin Fenton, baltimoresun.com, 20 Aug. 2021
  • In early October, after multiple phone calls with Susan, the American taxidermist wrote to one of the shipping agents involved in the exportation process.
    — Mike Spies, The New Yorker, 29 July 2021
  • People who aren’t American citizens or permanent residents come under these rules because their access to the technology is considered a form of exportation.
    — Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 5 Nov. 2020
  • If this priority is maintained, local banks and insurers in African countries should step up their focus on exportation of their services to draw additional capital from operations abroad.
    — Lauren McHugh Olende, Quartz, 26 Mar. 2021
  • Arise also provides assurance that American consumers will hear American voices on the line’s other end, helping to reverse the exportation of call center jobs to places like the Philippines.
    — Ken Armstrong, ProPublica, 2 Oct. 2020
  • Last year, Israeli lawmakers approved new measures to allow for the international export of cannabis, with some reports saying that the state could earn up to $4 billion annually in revenue from its exportation.
    — Jewish Journal, 10 July 2018
  • One potentially tricky consideration is whether the DCD data exportation might reveal something of a private nature related to the passenger use of a self-driving car.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Toomey had previously called on the Obama administration to put pressure on China to stop the production of fentanyl and block its exportation, according to the Times Online.
    — Alexandria Hein, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2018

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