(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is something that is produced and sold in large quantities, often as a result of a manufacturing process.
Try to get the best ~ at the lowest price...
South Korea’s imports of consumer ~s jumped 33% in this year.
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2.
If you say that someone or something is a ~ of a situation or process, you mean that the situation or process has had a significant effect in making them what they are.
We are all ~s of our time...
The bank is the ~ of a 1971 merger of two Japanese banks.
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