gems
Example Sentences
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The cash-strapped southern African country, the world's second largest diamond producer after Russia, relies on the gems for about a third of its GDP.
From Barron's
In 1970, the group released a pair of laid-back rock gems, “Workingman’s Dead” and “American Beauty,” both of which eventually sold more than 1 million copies.
“A brother from another mother,” the hotel staffer told JOP, who flashed a grin glittering with tooth gems.
From Los Angeles Times
Sacred ancient gems linked to the Buddha were unveiled on Saturday in India for the first time since their colonial-era removal.
From Barron's
Once researchers could easily search through a century of paper, they could excavate gems that were buried in the corporate archives—like Moylan’s original memo.
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