precious
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He reannounced himself as an international bowler, gave life to England's post-Ashes rebuild and quite possibly provided precious breathing space to the management that once discarded him.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
McDonald recalled how the regime of higher interest rates and global conflicts from 1968 to 1981 was a profitable period for uranium and precious metals.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
A devout Catholic, it was there that she gave my dad her most precious gift: her own mom’s rosary beads.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026
The precious metal looks trapped between two powerful narratives, says Fawad Razaqzada, market analyst at FOREX.com, in commentary.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
A pinch of the precious salt and a few bean sprouts filled her with energy for a while, but it wore off.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
Vocabulary lists containing precious
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