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
"An electric car contains 80 kg of copper, compared with 20 kg in a conventional one," he notes, while "a wind turbine contains between four and ten tons of copper per megawatt."
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
The administration is also changing how it calculates tariffs on imported steel, aluminum, copper, and products containing those metals.
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
As Maria watched, her father and his apprentices carved maps and illustrations onto copper plates.
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
