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precious

[presh-uhs] / ˈprɛʃ əs /




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But, as Tate Britain’s concurrent “Turner and Constable” exhibition shows, Romantic nature was passionate and unstable, and all the more precious for being unknowable.

From The Wall Street Journal

Hyperliquid listed gold and silver perpetual contracts recently, just as those precious metals experienced unusual volatility.

From The Wall Street Journal

And this one is shaking up every market—stocks, bonds, commodities and precious metals.

From The Wall Street Journal

On the other hand, interest rates and precious metals prices typically move in opposite directions, as non-interest-bearing assets—such as gold— fall out of favor when rates are high.

From Barron's

"We can only dream of a time when all airlines have a standardised, global and carefully considered approach to the carriage of precious instruments that are booked to travel in the cabin," they added.

From BBC