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Synonyms for precious

regarded with much love and tenderness

artificially genteel

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characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for

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of high worth or cost

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held in great esteem for admirable qualities especially of an intrinsic nature

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obviously contrived to charm

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extremely

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TOKYO, Sept 2, 2019 - (ACN Newswire) - The TANAKA Memorial Foundation (Representative Director: Hideya Okamoto) announced that it will take applications for research themes for FY2019 Precious Metals Research Grants between September 2 (Mon) and November 29 (Fri).
A police spokesman said on Tuesday that a fire erupted due to short-circuit in a grocery shop in chak 224-RB Ali town which engulfed the entire surroundings and burnt precious material.
In a statemnet, President Arif Alvi has expressed grief and sorrow over the loss of precious lives in Rawalpindi aircraft crash.
In a statement, President Arif Alvi has expressed grief and sorrow over the loss of precious lives in Rawalpindi aircraft crash.
Addressing MPs, the SNP Commons leader said: "Can we have a debate about the precious, precious, precious Union, because the Tories are beginning to sound like a demented Gollum about to throw the ring that unites them all into Mount Doom, which is probably quite apt.
The precious metals are gold, silver, platinum and metals of platinum group (palladium, iridium, ruthenium, rhodium, osmium) brought to the highest fineness (999.9).
It added that in February, 1,160.898kg of precious metals were stamped while the amount authorised in March, was 1,171.359kg.
INTL Netherlands B.V., a Dutch financial services provider, has announced it has agreed to acquire Germany based CoinInvest GmbH and European Precious Metal Trading GmbH, European online providers of precious metals to private individuals and investors, the company said.
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The Directorate General of Standards and Metrology said that the gold stamped in the precious metals laboratory in the ministry in 2018 was jewellery and related accessories.
Gilgit -- Provincial Minister for Exiecis and Taxation Gilgit Baltistan (GB), Hadir Khan said here Thursday that there were lot of deposits of precious and semi precious stones in the region that could play vital role in socio-economic uplift of the people.
KARACHI -- Two-day second Gems Bazaar will start on Friday here at Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry, to promote excavation, manufacturing and export of precious and semi precious stones of Pakistan, which are very popular in the world.
The ministry pointed out that the Precious Metals Laboratory in the Directorate is providing hallmarking of the works.