precious

Example Sentences

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Traders tend to ditch the precious metal when rates are higher, flocking to other assets, such as bonds, that can offer a higher return.

From The Wall Street Journal

After plowing cash into gold exchange-traded funds over the past year, individual investors’ enthusiasm for the precious metal is showing some signs of cooling.

From The Wall Street Journal

Stressing that all life was precious, she agreed a question of such "legal, moral and practical complexity" should not be addressed through a "hastily added" amendment to another bill.

From BBC

We sat on the edge of Willem’s bed gulping down the precious bun; I suspected that to buy it Willem had had to go without lunch.

From Literature

Gold is typically thought of as an inflation hedge, but the precious metal is more a store of value than a reliable hedge against rising prices.

From Barron's