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Which gemstone is considered precious?

precious

[presh-uhs] / ˈprɛʃ əs /




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By then, Juice will need to be ready to capture as much high-quality information as possible during each precious flyby.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026

Treasury yields can find a peak, but the precious metal faces near term pressure, it says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

"I was devastated that he felt he had failed. I wanted to prove to this extraordinary man that every life he had saved was precious," Dame Esther added.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Women are recruited to wash away the mud to reveal the nuggets of the precious metal, conceded Jacqueline Djangone, the head of the village women's association.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

During the long war, Billy Lee usually carried the general’s field glass, or telescope, and “most precious letters,” perhaps those from his wife, Martha, most of which she later destroyed.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis




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