precious

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This might ease inflationary pressures and soothe investor worries over central banks’ rate increases that typically reduce the non-interest-bearing appeal of the precious metal.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Mahan said he learned as a startup leader and a classroom teacher that metrics matter — that “when we take our precious tax dollars and invest them in public services, we should measure our performance.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Within seconds, the loaves have been pulled apart, half a dozen men clutching onto precious pieces.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

With India’s balance-of-payments deficit tracking at over $70 billion, Nomura sees the tariffs as aimed at reducing imports of precious metals and narrowing the current-account deficit.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

But if he’d perceived Clare’s desperation, if on some deep, subconscious level he’d felt the truth—that this mushroom was a living thing, precious to another soul—it did not change the boy’s intent.

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