How to Use rare earth in a Sentence

rare earth

noun
  • But there’s so much rare earth.
    — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 22 Jan. 2026
  • These include some with rare earths.
    — Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The same is true for lithium, cobalt, and rare earths.
    — Robert Ginsburg, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • But all of the rare earth has been settled, and that's for the world.
    — ABC News, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The same goes for Greenland’s rare earths.
    — Connor Okeeffe, Oc Register, 21 Jan. 2026
  • One of the topics on the agenda will be rare earths.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The moon has small amounts of rare earths compared to our planet.
    — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Would talk to you for an hour about rare earth minerals, sir.
    — CBS News, 2 June 2024
  • China didn’t win the rare earths race by having more of the dirt.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 26 May 2026
  • In the same way, rare earth metals seem to be the spice today.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
  • China’s rare earths gambit makes the point sharply.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 20 May 2026
  • Lithium, battery, and rare earth names have had a rough start to the year.
    — Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2022
  • For decades, Mountain Pass was the world's rare earth mine.
    — Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Chile, Vietnam and Malaysia are all home to rare earth projects.
    — Lily Kuo, Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2023
  • China has used its control of rare earths to try to get its way before.
    — Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 11 July 2018
  • That sent the price of neodymium and other rare earths soaring.
    — Charles Riley, CNN, 5 June 2019
  • Despite their name, rare earth elements are not all that rare.
    — Alan Collins, The Conversation, 21 Jan. 2026
  • These rare earth magnets are used in hard drives and EV motors.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Return to top Are there new ideas in processing of rare earth ore?
    — IEEE Spectrum, 7 Dec. 2023
  • But Greenland may not be able to produce rare earths for years — if ever.
    — Josh Funk, Fortune, 11 Jan. 2026
  • China is now both the largest producer and one of the largest importers of rare earths.
    — Lizzi C. Lee, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Beijing’s limits on exports of rare earths have been a key point of contention.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 27 June 2025
  • Exports of rare earths fell in terms of value, but rose in volume, the data showed.
    — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 12 July 2024
  • The hard part is separating the rare earths from the rock, and then from each other.
    — Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • In just the past decade, demand for rare earths has skyrocketed.
    — Andrew Zaleski, Popular Mechanics, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The 17 rare earth elements are a subset of them.
    — ABC News, 20 June 2026
  • This is not the first time Beijing has weaponized rare earth exports against Japan.
    — John Liu, CNN Money, 6 Jan. 2026
  • That makes the total amount of restricted rare earths to 12.
    — Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
  • That makes the total amount of restricted rare earths to 12.
    — Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Separating the rare earths from the rock, and then each other.
    — Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026

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