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metals

  • plural
    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
    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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Fundamental support for those stocks is broadening out, with manufacturing backlogs ramping up across machinery, fabricated metals and other categories, and manufacturing data showing a buildup in orders, strategists said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

The EU's trade enforcement chief, Denis Redonnet, said sectors facing "sustained and abnormal" import increases included machinery, textiles, basic metals and chemicals.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

"We want to refine all our metals on site... we want to have the entire value chain on site," he said at the plant's inauguration in the capital, Ouagadougou, on Monday.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

To solve it they want a North American common-market tariff for metals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Precious metals were not valuable in the same way in Tawantinsuyu, because there was no currency.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann