gems

Example Sentences

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He left the university in 2008 to start a new career, first working with rare books, before settling on dealing gems.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Even cars in the parking lots look fabulous, their roofs and windshields sparkling in the golden sunshine like so many tiny gems.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

"A stone of this colour and size is extremely scarce, and adding to its rarity the diamond is type Ia, amongst the purest of natural gems," it said.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

That change in career led to "the happiest years of my life" between 2013 and 2020 when he began to make his living buying and selling gems and other antiquities.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

Chestnutt pointed out tiny turret-like rocks with the same gems rotating in them.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia