copper
Example Sentences
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Though many telecom companies are shutting off the copper wires that power traditional landlines, a new wave of internet-enabled phones are taking their place.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
The US is also negotiating a minerals deal with DR Congo to help gain access to the central African country's vast reserves of key metals such as cobalt, tantalum, lithium and copper.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
My maternal grandmother, Marcela Fernández, was born in 1914 in an Arizona copper town to parents who fled the Mexican Revolution before returning to their mountain pueblo in Zacatecas.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
With copper’s long-term uptrend intact and sentiment turning up from extreme pessimism, copper becomes a conditional confirmation test for the reopening theme.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
The clerk caught my eye and said, “Those are copper pyrite rocks.”
From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
