Example Sentences
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Rare earths are heavily used across ship technologies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
“We continue to see value in LYC, underpinned by its strategic position as the largest ex-China producer of separated rare earths and growing downstream integration opportunities,” Macquarie says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
The European Commission, which leads EU trade policy, is working on an instrument that would force businesses to diversify their suppliers in critical sectors like chips and rare earths.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
Grain boundary diffusion involves applying tiny quantities of the most expensive and elusive rare earths, known as heavy rare earths, to a magnet to make it heat-resistant without sacrificing magnetic strength.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Bruno was right—the universe was infinite and there were other earths; and Kepler, who had always insisted that the sun and the Earth were unique, was plain wrong.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
