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ounce

[ouns] / aʊns /
NOUN
one-sixteenth of a pound/28.35 grams
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Spot gold is 0.9% lower at $4,223.19 an ounce.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Gold dipped below a key technical level as well on Friday — its 200-day moving average of $4,443.4 per ounce, noted Ed Yardeni, founder of Yardeni Research.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

Spot gold is up 0.5% at $4,349.71 an ounce.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

—Gold prices traded below $4,450 a troy ounce and are on track for a weekly loss New York gold futures were down 0.3% to $4,492.70 an ounce.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

I hated with every ounce of my being the force that had caused him such pain.

From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon




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