metals

• plural

  plural

  The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

  of metal.
  metal

  noun

  any of a class of elementary substances, as gold, silver, or copper, all of which are crystalline when solid and many of which are characterized by opacity, ductility, conductivity, and a unique luster when freshly fractured.
• present tense form

  present tense

  Used to describe things happening now or regularly.

  of metal (3rd person singular).
  metal

  noun

  any of a class of elementary substances, as gold, silver, or copper, all of which are crystalline when solid and many of which are characterized by opacity, ductility, conductivity, and a unique luster when freshly fractured.

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metals

The division houses its metals and energy traders, and posted $3.3 billion for the first half of the year compared with $4 billion in the first half of 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Its light showed almost no evidence of metals or elements other than hydrogen and helium.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026

But an American mining company is pushing to build a mine for gold and other metals on private land in the middle of the park.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Chlorides, which are abundant in seawater, are particularly aggressive toward many metals and can cause localized corrosion.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

To twenty-first-century ears the story sounds preposterous, but it did not to Gonzalo Pizarro, who had already helped seize an empire laden with jewels and precious metals.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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