Precious in example sentence

In an era of paper money, however, the link to a physical stock of some precious metal – or, indeed, some other commodity – does not exist, and there should be no reason why a central bank cannot aim at an overall inflation rate.

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So it's a very precious thing that we're using to dye our foods.

These are precious to us, these divides.

If there is one thing BP's watery improv act made clear, it is that, as a culture, we have become far too willing to gamble with things that are precious and irreplaceable, and to do so without a back-up plan, without an exit strategy.

So once again, why do we take these crazy risks with the precious?

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