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COMMERCIALLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a commercial manner

Example:

the product is commercially available

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

commercial (connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises)

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 Context examples: 

Commercially prepared reagent sets, with accessory devices, containing all of the major components and literature necessary to perform one or more designated diagnostic tests or procedures.

(Diagnostic Reagents and Test Kits, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

It is unclear if the worms produce enough to be commercially viable.

(Plastic Eating Worm Could Help Ease Pollution, VOA)

A market-wide investigation made by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) concluded that five commercially available products displayed false negative results.

(Numerous home pregnancy tests recalled after false negative results reported, Wikinews)

Around 26 million tons of peppers were grown commercially around the world in 2007.

(Grafting helps pepper plants deal with drought, SciDev.Net)

The discovery is an important step in better understanding the early-life stages of this commercially valuable fish, the authors said.

(North Atlantic haddock use magnetic compass to guide them, National Science Foundation)

A novel technology was developed by Indian-origin researchers that can clean water twice as fast as commercially available ultrafiltration membranes.

(Novel Technology Uses Bacteria for Cleaning Water, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Walrus-hunting and the ivory trade were likely the cause of the extinction, one of the earliest examples of commercially driven overexploitation of marine resources.

(Extinction of Icelandic walrus coincides with Norse settlement, National Science Foundation)

For more than 60 years, DEET has been considered the gold standard in insect repellents—the most effective and long-lasting available commercially.

(Coconut Oil Compounds Repel Insects Better than DEET, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

Because humans have never commercially harvested penguins, Polito and colleagues expected that changes in penguins' diets and populations would mirror shifts in krill availability.

(Whaling and climate change lead to 100 years of feast or famine for Antarctic penguins, National Science Foundation)

Most significantly this microorganism is used commercially in the production of buttermilk and cheese.

(Lactococcus lactis, NCI Thesaurus)