precious

Example Sentences

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“These last few months with her are precious, and we are terrified that his detention will prevent him from being by her side during this incredibly difficult time,” the sisters wrote on the site.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

It then changed the instructions, according to the Associated Press, after local police issued a statement asking the public to capture and turn in American pilots alive to security agencies to “receive a precious prize.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

AI chips are the most precious commodity at any leading research lab, and at OpenAI, the video-generating app Sora was eating up far too many of them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Iraq's precious archaeological sites, some dating back thousands of years, had for years faced threats ranging from climate change to successive conflicts.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

As she shook water off her body the other women leaned away, but behind the reeds Dodzi leaned forward as if in a trance, to catch the precious shower.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo