Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
CROSSCURRENT
countercurrent, crosscurrent
(noun) actions counter to the main group activity; “political crosscurrents disrupted the conference”
rip, riptide, tide rip, crosscurrent, countercurrent
(noun) a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
crosscurrent (plural crosscurrents)
(nautical) A turbulent stretch of water caused by multiple currents.
(by extension) A situation in which there are conflicting opinions.
Source: Wiktionary
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22 September 2024
SPRINGBOARD
(noun) a beginning from which an enterprise is launched; “he uses other people’s ideas as a springboard for his own”; “reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions”; “the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out”
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