precious
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Music is perhaps the purest of these art forms, tapping into our lizard brains to regulate our emotions that are seeking to make sense of this precious yet maddening existence.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026
"You are an inspiration... more precious than gold."
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
The Hunts’ broader silver gambit—which drove up prices for the precious metal—was unraveled by regulators in 1980 and silver prices crashed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
McDonald recalled how the regime of higher interest rates and global conflicts from 1968 to 1981 was a profitable period for uranium and precious metals.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
But if he’d perceived Clare’s desperation, if on some deep, subconscious level he’d felt the truth—that this mushroom was a living thing, precious to another soul—it did not change the boy’s intent.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Vocabulary lists containing precious
"Black Panther" Lingo
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"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act IV
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