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Benchmark crude for May delivery fell 80 cents to $53.18 a barrel by midday in Asian electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

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  1. adjective Of or relating to electrons.
  2. adjective Of, based on, operated by, or otherwise involving the controlled conduction of electrons or other charge carriers, especially in a vacuum, gas, or semiconducting material.
  3. adjective Of, relating to, or produced by means of electronics: electronic navigation; electronic books.
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  • The broad thrust of that proposal - known as the electronic privacy directive - appeared sensible. —  Latest financial, market & economic news and analysis | guardian.co.uk
  • It's green -- electronic versions have little to no real impact on the environment. —  Strategize
  • Although the note was electronic, the recorded instruments were not sent electronically. —  xml's Blinklist.com
  • We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with federal standards to guard your nonpublic personal information.
  • If the first half of the 20th century was dominated by the mass media, and the second half by what is called the electronic media, then what we are seeing is the dawn of what is being termed as the new media.
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