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ounce

[ouns] / aʊns /
NOUN
one-sixteenth of a pound/28.35 grams
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Spot gold is 0.4% higher at $4,586.39 per ounce.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Futures in New York are down 0.2% to $4,549.30 a troy ounce.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Silver futures are down 1.5% at $76.41 an ounce while gold falls 0.2% to $4,551.70 a troy ounce.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

In early European trading, gold futures in New York were up 0.2% to $4,718 a troy ounce.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

With every ounce of strength he could muster, Harry raised his head a few inches and saw an animal amid the light, galloping away across the lake....

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling




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