How to Use copper in a Sentence

copper

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  • The plaque may have been stolen amid a surge of copper wire and bronze thefts across the city.
    — Angie Orellana Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Cut the tubing to fit, and add a copper cap to top of the rebar.
    — Halee Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Mar. 2024
  • But its cargo — bars of copper — stood the test of time.
    — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The outside lab would take a few days to get him the copper phosphide.
    — WIRED, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Small holes lined with sparkling copper speckle the wood.
    — Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The rest of us have to feign the copper, auburn, ginger, and strawberry shades.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2023
  • And doesn't copper go so well with a fall color scheme?
    — Anna Logan, Country Living, 28 July 2023
  • Stainless steel, glass, Teflon, cast iron, copper—the list goes on.
    — Kaitlin Vogel, Health, 25 Jan. 2024
  • From the exterior, the steel frame is clad in white oak and copper.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Warm metallics such as gold, copper, and brass keep the fall look but add a bit of subtle glamour.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Child’s kitchen is warm and homey, strewn with bowls of produce and flowers and lined with copper pots.
    — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Made in a copper pot still from a mash of rye and wheat and re-distilled with fresh horseradish.
    — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • Newcrest is seeking to boost its copper assets to more than 50% of revenue by the end of the decade, up from around a quarter now.
    — James Fernyhough, Bloomberg.com, 11 May 2023
  • There’s also copper and brass and a slew of other alloys to inspire you.
    — Laura Jackson, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Chuquicamata, the world’s largest open-pit copper mine, a hole big enough to swallow Central Park, is nine miles north of the city.
    — Maggie Shipstead Anthony Cotsifas, New York Times, 10 May 2023
  • The 12-piece set includes two frying pans, three saucepans, a sauté pan, and a Dutch oven in a stunning copper finish.
    — Brandi Fuller, Peoplemag, 11 July 2023
  • The mixture simmers in copper pots and then ages in oak barrels for a year before it's bottled and shipped around the world.
    — Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 2023
  • For air, dashes of light blue; for water, a deep-blue hue with copper overtones.
    — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Some of the products are counterfeit and may be tainted with copper or lead.
    — Terence McGinley, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
  • But what about a gleaming copper set with a sweet carved floral pattern?
    — Belle Bakst, Bon Appétit, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Each piece in the set has muted, neutral, metallic tones—like silver, gold, copper, and bronze—and fits the woodland theme.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The movie looks terrific: shades of copper, set off by stark widescreen snowscapes and deep, dark shadows.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 11 June 2023
  • The hanger is available in black, bronze, chrome, gold, copper, white, or white and black finishes.
    — Gabriela Izquierdo, Southern Living, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Treasury bonds had another strong day while steel and copper were off.
    — Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 5 May 2023
  • Pair them with silver or copper accents for a sparkling finish.
    — Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Sep. 2023
  • It’s made of steel and is finished with seven-layer baked copper in a hammered design.
    — Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 May 2023
  • The rest of the industrial metals like aluminum and copper are only in the low millions or tens of millions of tons each.
    — Michael Barnard, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The actor had long, copper hair that contrasted her denim Zac Posen gown.
    — Annie Blay, Allure, 6 May 2024
  • Guests enter through a space that’s styled as a walk-in closet; downstairs is a speakeasy with a copper bathtub for Champagne and a pool table.
    — ELLE Decor, 9 May 2023
  • After initially using copper for tools, humans turned to the more durable bronze, created by smelting copper along with tin and other metals.
    — Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 10 May 2024

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