precious
Example Sentences
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The precious metal is on a roll, but think twice before you load up.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
School children have outings to waterworks to understand how precious the resource is, and households have embraced water-saving devices for shower heads and toilet cisterns.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
"She gave children a love of reading, precious moments with loved ones, and opportunities to learn and dream."
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Clearly, the algorithm masters aren’t too precious about these throwaway texts; their core strategy will always be to embrace whatever seems to work best in the moment.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026
She had tied rabbit skins around her hips to save the precious cloth for her eventual arrival in Zimbabwe, so everything from her waist up was bare.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
Vocabulary lists containing precious
"Black Panther" Lingo
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