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
What next for Dowman - how do you look after a precious talent?
From BBC • 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
Getting Momma Bear’s attention had bought George a precious few seconds of not being attacked, but Owen didn’t know what to do next.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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