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ounce

noun as in one-sixteenth of a pound/28.35 grams

Strong match

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When gold had been trading around $650 an ounce for the past two years, an option to buy it for $2,000 an ounce anytime during the next ten years might well be badly underpriced.

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Bryant, in turn, became Harrison’s template for what a true superstar looked like: a cutthroat competitor, a maniacal worker, someone who gave every ounce of effort every second.

Gold prices rebounded to around $4,100 an ounce after falling below $4,000, though they are still down 7% from a record high of nearly $4,400.

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Not an ounce of litter, no errant barware lost with the throngs, no drunk soldiers left behind.

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Despite recent gains, Capital Economics projects gold prices to fall to $3,500 per ounce by year-end 2026, viewing the current surge as a bubble.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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