precious
Example Sentences
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“Free throws are precious and we needed them to win the game. We all wanted to compete. I hate losing. My teammates found me, I had open shots and I made them.”
From Los Angeles Times
After precious few nights out without our kids, we had willingly suspended our better judgment—only to be reminded, expensively, that there are better ways to signal how you feel.
The majority of the stolen pieces have still not been recovered and the museum has since moved some of its most precious jewels to the Bank of France.
From BBC
The hot nonfarm payrolls print—paired with a drop in unemployment—cooled expectations of a near-term Federal Reserve rate cut, supporting the dollar while easing precious metals prices.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
