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View synonyms for precious metal

precious metal

noun

  1. a metal of the gold, silver, or platinum group.


precious metal

noun

  1. any of the metals gold, silver, or platinum
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Like most precious metals, gold was created after the Big Bang in the hearts of stars in a process called nuclear fusion.

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Other precious metals and rare-earth metals crucial to modern tech are also spurring an arms race in the Arctic, with Russia, China and the United States vying for an advantage.

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The scientific community knows that there are giant asteroids invaluably rich in gold, platinum, nickel, and other precious metals.

After fueling a manic GameStop rally that led one hedge fund to post a 53% loss in January, day traders are now bidding up precious metals.

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Asteroids also have significant resources, particularly precious metals that could be used for in-space manufacturing.

And yet here you are, looking at a glass of amber liquid that is worth its weight in a precious metal.

And Peter held in his hand the precious metal, with the water and blood still rusted upon it.

Afterwards, however, I made use of the precious metal in a very practical manner, but of this more hereafter.

A period cannot be imagined when the precious metal will be exhausted.

Silver hardly counted in view of the deluge of the more precious metal.

The same man took a specimen of the precious metal and showed it at San Francisco.

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