precious
Example Sentences
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Instead, the precious metal has offered something that may be even better — a source of liquidity.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026
It then changed the instructions, according to the Associated Press, after local police issued a statement asking the public to capture and turn in American pilots alive to security agencies to “receive a precious prize.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
The precious metal will rise 35% to $6,200 an ounce by the end of June, before scaling back to $5,900 an ounce by the end of the year, UBS forecast.
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026
AI chips are the most precious commodity at any leading research lab, and at OpenAI, the video-generating app Sora was eating up far too many of them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
“Never. Let’s forget it. It is improper. Improper. Rostam is too precious to me.”
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
