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noun Chemistry.

the oxide of any of the rare-earth elements contained in various minerals.

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Origin of rare earth

First recorded in 1875–80

Words nearby rare earth

RAR, rara avis, rare, rarebit, rare book, rare earth, rare-earth element, raree show, rarefaction, rarefied, rarefy

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How to use rare earth in a sentence

China is currently the world’s dominant producer of rare earths, used in a wide range of advanced tech products, having taken that crown from the US in the 1990s.
A Chinese rare earths giant is building international alliances worldwide|Mary Hui|February 19, 2021|Quartz
According to the company, the Round Top project has over a century’s worth of rare earth supplies.
The US is taking steps towards breaking China’s rare earths monopoly|Mary Hui|February 5, 2021|Quartz
It includes a more stringent approval process for mining and processing projects, as well as the import and export of rare earths.
China is feeling insecure about its global rare earths dominance|Mary Hui|January 28, 2021|Quartz
Quoting unidentified analysts, it reported that China could restrict the US’s access to rare earths in response to Washington’s latest arms sales to Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own territory.
How China built up its dominance in rare earths|Mary Hui|October 30, 2020|Quartz

The first thing to know about rare earths is that they are not actually all that rare.
How China built up its dominance in rare earths|Mary Hui|October 30, 2020|Quartz
The questions going through my mind are: How on earth are there Kalashnikovs and rocket launchers in the heart of Paris?
Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Our Duty Is to Keep Charlie Hebdo Alive|Ayaan Hirsi Ali|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Such statements are rare, as the Guards routinely avoid going public with news about the demise of one of their commanders.
What an Iranian Funeral Tells Us About the Wars in Iraq|IranWire|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Community policing is expensive and, in an era of budget cuts, increasingly rare.
How to Solve the Policing Crisis|Keli Goff|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
It was a rare moment of bipartisan unity in partisan Washington.
Final Chapter for Accused Africa Bomber|Jamie Dettmer|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
One is forced to ask, what on earth was Andrew doing hanging out with scantily clad teenagers?
Buckingham Palace Disputes Sex Allegations Against Prince ‘Randy Andy’|Tom Sykes|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The most High hath created medicines out of the earth, and a wise man will not abhor them.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
The Majesty on high has a colony and a people on earth, which otherwise is under the supremacy of the Evil One.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
All things that are of the earth, shall return to the earth again, and all waters shall return to the sea.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
It was difficult, with the mean appliances of the time, to wring subsistence from the reluctant earth.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
He felt himself the meanest, vilest thing a-crawl upon this sinful earth, and she—dear God!
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini

British Dictionary definitions for rare earth

rare earth

noun

any oxide of a lanthanide

Also called: rare-earth element another name for lanthanide

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