precious

Example Sentences

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They are expensive to replace — between $1,000 and $4,000, according to AAA — because they contain precious metals.

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

Because buyers stepped in near key support levels between roughly $4,000 and $4,340—levels that have held multiple times over the past year—the precious metal may be positioned to sustain its longer-term bull market.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

What next for Dowman - how do you look after a precious talent?

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Stanton knew that if any person in Washington deserved a precious lock of the martyr’s hair, it was Mary Jane Welles.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson