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- noun Plural form of
gasoline .
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Examples
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The Lingen refinery produces aviation fuels, gasolines, middle distillates and fuel oil, as well as other products.
BP Has 2 European Refinery Fires in 3 Days Alexis Flynn 2011
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Oils from many sources are mixed on their way to a refinery, and gasolines from many refineries are mixed on their way to a fuel terminal.
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Some gasoline manufacturers do use different additives primarily detergents they can claim keep your engine cleaner in their higher-octane gasolines and this is at least theoretically capable of making a difference.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Bloggers Mugged by Regulators Become Economic Libertarians” 2009
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For decades, retailers have been trying to pump up their margins with various premium gasolines, but to little avail.
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With the proliferation of “real” gasoline from so many companies, consumers now had a choice between so-called “regular” or “standard” gasolines and a variety of “high-octane” or “high-test” premiums.
The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008
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In a period of a year and a half, in the mid-1950s, thirteen of the top fourteen marketers began to sell new “premium” gasolines, racing hard to outdo one another in extravagant claims.
The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008
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"Reformulated gasolines are not entirely clean," says Daniel Weiss of the Sierra Club, "but significantly cleaner than the existing stuff."
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That's 55 gallons of gasolines per week at $4 a gallon.
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With the proliferation of “real” gasoline from so many companies, consumers now had a choice between so-called “regular” or “standard” gasolines and a variety of “high-octane” or “high-test” premiums.
The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008
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In a period of a year and a half, in the mid-1950s, thirteen of the top fourteen marketers began to sell new “premium” gasolines, racing hard to outdo one another in extravagant claims.
The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008
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