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Precious

Precious | Preciousness

Precious meaning

Of high value or worth. | Regarded with love or tenderness. | Treated with too much reverence.

Example sentences (20)

There are lucrative criminal enterprises operating in Africa, Europe and Asia who have been, for many years trading in endangered species such as rhino horns, Ivory, abalone, copper, precious wood, precious stones and precious metals.

EDF precious metals and mineral unit manager Elyvin Nkhonjera said the introduction of a structured market will help local authorities contain the smuggling of precious stones and ensure that the country collects more revenue.

The nation owes the Hon. Vice President for squeezing precious time out of his still more precious schedule to enlighten it.

This will help us to make the most of our finite and precious resources, while reducing carbon emissions and protecting our precious environment from harmful waste.

It is the largest exporter of precious and semi-precious stones, the third largest exporter of insecticides, the eighth largest in rubber pneumatic tyres, and the ninth in semiconductors.

Thousands of designs have been produced over the decades, and fans of his work flock each year to the Precious Moments Inspiration Park and Precious Moments Chapel in Carthage, Missouri.

Maurice Jackson of Proven and Probable speaks with Andy Schectman, president of Miles Franklin Precious Metals Investments, about the present situation with physical precious metals.

Watch the interview above for more from Smallwood on from Wheaton Precious Metals, plus additional thoughts on royalty and streaming companies and the overall precious metals space.

Wheaton Precious Metals is the world's premier precious metals streaming company with the highest-quality portfolio of long-life, low-cost assets.

Over 60 loose precious and semi-precious gemstones, from sapphires to spinels, topaz to tourmaline, in different shapes and sizes, traverse a miniature conveyor belt, like the sushi trains.

Changes in the political or economic conditions of countries where companies in the gold and precious metals sector are located may have a direct effect on the price of gold and precious metals.

Extremely popular with intricate detailing, they are highly sought after as they are studded with precious or semi-precious stones.

The ED claims to have conducted more than 260 searches in which seizures were done of jewellery, watches, precious-semi-precious stones belonging to Choksi, Modi and companies controlled by them.

Users will be motivated to never stop moving – ever – lest they lose out on those precious, precious move minutes.

Manipulated by Angelica to give up their most precious items, the twins barter their precious personal items in favor of being able to give a gift to their opposite.

Precious metal A gold nugget main A precious metal is a rare metallic chemical element of high economic value.

Precious opal Precious opal consists of spheres of silicon dioxide molecules arranged in regular, closely packed planes.

This practice could be sustained only by requisitioning precious metals from private citizens in exchange for state-minted coin (of a far lower value than the price of the precious metals requisitioned).

Use of the terms 'precious' and 'semi-precious' in a commercial context is, arguably, misleading in that it deceptively implies certain stones are intrinsically more valuable than others, which is not the case.

Above all, Carter and his family have a team who helps them identify and honor the ways they want to spend their precious time together -- like, for example, a pleasant drive through a local peanut festival.