precious

Example Sentences

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They are expensive to replace — between $1,000 and $4,000, according to AAA — because they contain precious metals.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Profit-taking by holders of ETFs as gold hit a record of over $5,000 an ounce also weighed on the precious metal.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 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

What next for Dowman - how do you look after a precious talent?

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

His precious monocle had fallen off in his escape.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman