precious commodity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpreciousandcommodity
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precious
adjective
uk/ˈpreʃ.əs/us/ˈpreʃ.əs/
of great value because of being rare, expensive, ...
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commodity
noun[C]
uk/kəˈmɒd.ə.ti/us/kəˈmɑː.də.t̬i/
a substance or product that can be traded, bought, ...
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(Definition ofpreciousandcommodityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The condition in which any study can -ourish is apreciouscommodityin townships with cramped living conditions and few essential facilities.
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Exploration work against the implicit space is apreciouscommodity.
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The ability to bridge this gap is apreciouscommodityand individuals who are able to operate in, contribute to and enhance the world of theory and practice rarer still.
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Jade is a remarkablepreciouscommodity, and in many cases irregularities may have been preferable to losing any of the material.
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It becomes immediately evident that water is apreciouscommoditythroughout the whole of the territory.
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That may have the added effect of reducing hourly capacity at airports where capacity is such apreciouscommodity.
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My opposition to this proposal is that, if implemented, it would significantly impair and diminish thatpreciouscommodity.
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Coal is apreciouscommodity, vital to our wellbeing, and a fuel which will remain essential to our needs for many years to come.
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We have now been told that we are so short of thatpreciouscommodity, time, that our debate has to be steamrollered.
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It grows organically in terms of quality and is rather apreciouscommoditywhich one could destroy or undermine pretty easily.
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Human labour is the mostpreciouscommoditythat we have.
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This measure controls what happens to that verypreciouscommodityin this country.
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A child's life is apreciouscommodity, which we must cherish and handle carefully.
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One reflects that time is the mostpreciouscommodityin human existence.
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We all know that trust is apreciouscommoditythat is easily lost and hard to regain.
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There came another day when the mostpreciouscommodityhappened to be machines.
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Paid work, however, is still apreciouscommodityin our area.
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We keep hearing about how thepreciouscommodityof water is in short supply.
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That would save parliamentary time, which is apreciouscommodity.
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Human life is obviously the mostpreciouscommodity, but the destruction of much else, including 35 additional churches, took place.
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