karat
Americannoun
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karats
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of karat
First recorded in 1550–60; spelling variant of carat
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Four bronze horse statues that stand near Memorial Bridge are set to be coated with 23.75 karat gold leaf.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
Yeesookyung collects ceramic shards of work discarded by master craftsmen due to minor flaws and reassembles these fragments into bubbling sculptures held together with 24 karat gold.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
The toilet is made of 18 karat gold, meaning the metal is 75% gold and 25% alloy.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 1, 2025
It contains just under 400 diamonds, rubies and sapphires and is set onto yellow gold, with a total karat weight of approximately 6 carats.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2024
Pippin's not so nicely spoken as you, my pet, but his heart's twenty-four karat.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
“I’m pretty sure it says 14 karats on the inside,” Friedman said back on the street in the waning evening sunlight, positing that the $9 trinket was probably a white gold engagement band.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2024
Between its opening in 1983 and closure in 2020, when mining the gems there was no longer economically viable, Argyle produced more than 865 million karats of rough diamonds.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 19, 2023
The other he plans to have tested to see if the gold left on it is actually 24 karats.
From Fox News ● Jan. 11, 2020
Mickelson wins the $9 million purse and a championship belt crafted with 18-karat gold and two karats worth of diamonds.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 14, 2019
The gold employed in the chains was of 20 karats, the usual alloy, and weighed the first 4m. 5o. 4-1/2gr. 31d., and the second 1m. 6o. 4gr.
From The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart
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