become precious
Frequency: 6.545.7 per million words
Indicates a transition into a state of being valuable.
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Examples (10)
- Clean water will become precious as global temperatures rise.
- As we grow older, every moment spent with family becomes more precious.
- In times of crisis, basic necessities become incredibly precious.
- These old letters became precious to her after her grandfather passed away.
- With the depletion of natural resources, oil has become precious.
- Information became precious during the early stages of the revolution.
- The silence of the countryside becomes precious after a week in the city.
- Her time became too precious to waste on trivial matters.
- The rare stamps became precious collectors' items over the decades.
- As the deadline approached, every second became precious.