The importation of rare wild animals to this country is strictly prohibited.
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Importation
Synonyms for "importation" (50 found)
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13 translations across 9 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- importació noun (the act or an instance of carrying or conveying, especially into some system, place, area or country)
Finnish
1 entries- tuonti noun (A term consisting of formally foreign elements)
French
1 entries- importation noun (the act or an instance of carrying or conveying, especially into some system, place, area or country)
German
2 entries- lexikalische Entlehnung noun (A term consisting of formally foreign elements)
- lexikalischer Import noun (A term consisting of formally foreign elements)
Italian
1 entries- importazione noun (the act or an instance of carrying or conveying, especially into some system, place, area or country)
Portuguese
1 entries- importação noun (the act or an instance of carrying or conveying, especially into some system, place, area or country)
Spanish
1 entries- importación noun (the act or an instance of carrying or conveying, especially into some system, place, area or country)
Swedish
1 entries- lån noun (A term consisting of formally foreign elements)
Ukrainian
4 entries- вве́зення noun (the act or an instance of carrying or conveying, especially into some system, place, area or country)
- ввіз noun (the act or an instance of carrying or conveying, especially into some system, place, area or country)
- і́мпорт noun (the act or an instance of carrying or conveying, especially into some system, place, area or country)
- імпортува́ння noun (the act or an instance of carrying or conveying, especially into some system, place, area or country)
Sample sentences
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Today, the Ministry of Health announced that it has stopped distribution of and is recalling a medicine for children due to the problem of heart related side effects. The government has taken this into account and has forbidden the importation of this medicine.
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The regions with the fewest natural resources rely on importation to increase their standard of living.
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The MMPA prohibits, with certain exceptions, the "take" of marine mammals in U.S. waters and by U.S. citizens on the high seas, and the importation of marine mammals and marine mammal products into the U.S.
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