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[sil-ver] / ˈsɪl vər /


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They set out with maps and lists, as Sharron navigated their silver VW SUV from address to address in a well-heeled Lawrence neighborhood.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

“Further progress in U.S.-Iran negotiations could ease energy prices and support bullion, while renewed geopolitical tensions that keep crude oil elevated would reinforce inflation risks and leave gold and silver under pressure.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

Among other metals, silver futures gained 4% to $51.78 an ounce, while platinum was up 1.8% to $1,455.70 an ounce.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

Genuine sterling silver must contain at least 92.5% silver.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

He dug into his pocket and pulled out a crumpled piece of silver paper.

From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr

Golds, silvers and bronzes won in Para-events will, unlike with other multi-sport events, count towards the overall medal total.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

After four holes, one of the other golfers who had been struggling joined me at the silvers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026

Every now and then, Apple sets aside its palette of austere silvers and grays, using both color and lower price points to appeal to a broader, mostly younger, audience.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

Russia topped the medal table with 13 golds, 13 silvers and seven bronzes, while Mexico and Mongolia competed at a Winter Paralympics for the first time.

From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026

He was happy to find there were salmon coming up as well, big silvers mostly over ten and eleven pounds, a half-dozen ten-pound chums, too, even three resident black-mouth.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

A little silvered glass could be worth its weight in gold.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

At 50, still in the blush of youth by today’s silvered political standards, Porter has plenty of highway ahead of her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2024

Ms Quinn said: "Daguerre developed a way of taking pictures using a polished silvered plate and a camera. This produced a single image printed directly onto a plate with astonishing clarity, named the daguerreotype."

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2024

Seventeen years after the Tripod fire, the silvered trunks of dead trees still stand on many slopes.

From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2023

Bronze Yohn's heir, Ser Andar Royce, and his younger brother Ser Robar, their silvered steel plate filigreed in bronze with the same ancient runes that warded their father.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

It may have been 44 years ago, but how does a Milwaukeean of a certain, silvering age not remember the last time the Brewers were in the World Series?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Bonlie, a middle-aged man with silvering hair and a cheerful manner, listened attentively as she went through her long list of symptoms and her account of two decades of intermittent misery.

From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2022

Screen Goo is highly pigmented and has a little silvering in the paint that reflects light back at lots of different angles.

From The Verge ● Feb. 24, 2020

A thickset Catholic businessman with silvering hair and bloodshot eyes, he was wearing a loose denim shirt.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 4, 2016

As soon as the silvering began, long before the cider cracked the jugs, there was something wrong.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison


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