Exxon
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- proper noun
- /ˈɛksɒn/
- The company Exxon is known for being one of the largest oil and gas companies in the world.
- Exxon Mobil
- Exxon oil
- Exxon Valdez spill
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Watch on YouTubeWhy should the executives of Exxon do social good?
- Why should the executives of Exxon do social good?
- Have you heard the brand Exxon Mobil, Exxon Mobil?
- This has LED stocks like Exxon Mobil to do extremely well.
- Oil would come down and Exxon's stock, it would fall back down accordingly.
- The Exxon memo, like I flagged it in here.
- And when I speak to anybody, it could be, you know, Exxon Mobil executive.
- We've got Meta, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, UBS, First Republic, Exxon and Chevron all reporting earnings.
- So Fry's idea was, we'll take an example like Exxon.
- You talk to people from Exxon and people from Exxon and Chevron and those guys say we need regulation.
- It belongs to Exxon Mobil, it belongs to De Beers, it belongs to Monsanto.
- So I own my wife and I don't own Standard Oil or Chevron or Exxon.
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And Exxon and BP are no longer even pretending.
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I also bought some puts on Exxon Mobil.
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Besides, he knew that both his water bill and Exxon bill came due at this time each month.
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Now what you just said there, I can hear Exxon going, listen, guys, we're actually solar energy.
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Why should the executives of Exxon do social good?
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Douglas is moving over to Exxon.
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Tell them you're from Exxon.
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Now, it just so happens there's an Exxon station on the same corner as the grocery store.
Fiction book (1990) -
Across the boulevard, beside a 7-11 store, I pulled up to an Exxon station self-serve pump.
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Lastly, in 1989, the Exxon Valdez oil spill devastated the Alaskan coast.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
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A company that finds, refines, and sells oil
Surface Forms
Etymology
Exxon is a made-up brand name created by the oil company in the early 1970s to give a short, strong name for its gas stations; the name was chosen to stand out on signs and be easy to remember, which is why you now know it as a brand of petrol stations.