metal
Example Sentences
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"A large variety of geological terrains exists, which have been formed by many different processes. As a result, Greenland has several types of metals, minerals and gemstones," it says in a document on its website.
From Barron's
The inner planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars, are made mostly of rock and metal.
From Science Daily
Under the new plan being considered, steel and aluminum products would be sorted into groups with different rates based on the metal content in the product, some of the people said.
Photographic processes of the day called for lengthy camera exposures, which required that sitters be clamped into metal immobilizers to hold their heads steady.
Elsewhere, miners of copper and gold have soared as higher prices for those metals lift their sales, profit margins, and earnings.
From Barron's
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