copper
Example Sentences
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My maternal grandmother, Marcela Fernández, was born in 1914 in an Arizona copper town to parents who fled the Mexican Revolution before returning to their mountain pueblo in Zacatecas.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
In 2025, copper prices jumped 41.7 percent, before hitting a record high of $14,527.50 a ton in January of this year.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
In July, US President Donald Trump announced a 50 percent tariff on copper, eventually limiting the measure to products made with the metal.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Separately, the White House said it was tweaking the terms of its tariffs on steel, aluminium and copper tariffs.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
I gave the woman fifty centimes to make a tip, and she gave me back the copper piece, thinking I had misunderstood the price.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
