copper
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
The administration is also changing how it calculates tariffs on imported steel, aluminum, copper, and products containing those metals.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Whitish ore, rich in copper and silver, is extracted from the country's depths and exported around the world to fuel technological and energy transitions.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Altered rates on finished products made with steel, aluminum and copper would simplify compliance, but could effectively raise costs for many imports.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
“What if those copper ingots and that bronze knife were from…a sea trader of the time of Odysseus and the Trojan wars?”
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
