serra
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of serra
C19: from Latin: saw
Example Sentences
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In April, USA Rare Earth, backed by U.S. government financing, agreed to pay $2.8 billion to acquire Serra Verde, the only large-scale producer outside Asia extracting rare earths from clay deposits.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Loyola’s 4x100 relay won Division 1 in 41.25, Newbury Park won Division 2 in 40.68 and Gardena Serra won Division 4 in 41.47.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026
Researchers reexamined fossils collected in Corumbá and also analyzed newly studied material from Bonito in the Serra da Bodoquena region.
From Science Daily • May 12, 2026
Serra Verde’s Pela Ema mine is the sole non-Asian source for all four magnetic rare earths, aiding efforts to counter China’s 85% processing monopoly.
From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026
It’s more than half-full, as it had been yesterday—which means that somehow the Augurs have moved me three hundred miles from Serra in one night.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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