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Example sentences for: futures

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The rise of the futures market and the broadening of the spot market brought price competition to the world of oil.
The reasons cited include: the shift to natural gas and coal; the growing relative importance of the service sector; more efficient futures markets that allow manufacturers to lock in low prices for fuel; more energy-efficient technology in planes and cars; cost-cutting associated with (what else) the Internet; and Alan Greenspan.
OPEC's production decisions still make a splash on the spot-price and futures markets, which have also been roiled by the announcement that Iraq will be allowed to resume its oil-for-food sales.
During the simultaneous controversies over the health care task force, her killing in cattle futures, and her alleged meddling in the White House travel office, she invited reporters into the East Room to hear her explain herself.
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