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silver

[sil-ver] / ˈsɪl vər /


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Gold prices slipped as rising energy prices heightened inflation concerns, and silver futures and platinum rose.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Faded stars could scrape out a second act in B-movies and lesser studio offerings without losing the prestige of the silver screen.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026

Fire crews and the air ambulance were also called to the incident that involved a red Peugeot 107 and a silver Volkswagen Passat.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Another important discovery followed in 2022, when archaeologists identified nearby burials of elite craftspeople accompanied by gold, silver, and bronze tools.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

When Dad chose jewelry for Mom, he gave her small gold hoops and silver knots and tiny diamond studs.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Those stunning silvers followed the toughest period of his life, but he put three years of "absolute hell" behind him to win world bronze in 2022 as he re-established himself among the world's best.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 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

She was asked by reporters whether she assessed her two completed competitions as two silvers won or two golds lost.

From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026

It was a line: a curved line, like a loosely scribbled letter C, and it was sparkling and flickering in a zigzag pattern of blacks and whites and silvers.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

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

One high status woman in her 20s with mixed ancestry was laid to rest near modern Cambridge under a prominent mound with silvered jewelry, amber beads, and a whole cow.

From Science Magazine ● Sep. 21, 2022

Dany glanced at her image in the silvered looking glass that Illyrio had so thoughtfully provided.

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

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

A typical example: “The moon is a sickled leopard’s tooth pinned to obsidian, its light silvering the violent undulations scoring the skin of your unforgiving water.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2016

Explain the functions of the various parts, such as the vacuum, the silvering of the walls, the thin-walled long glass neck, the rubber support, the air layer, and the stopper.

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

He wears his silvering hair short on the sides and has a rainbow friendship bracelet tied around one wrist.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater


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