diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e1cafd9..7a70830 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ## unreleased
 
+- CLI: Prevent YAML data loss when quoted scalars contain high-precision numbers (#233)
+
 ## [1.33.5] - 2026-06-23
 
 - CLI: Fix YAML output to keep quotes for $ref values (#230)
diff --git a/test/util-file.test.js b/test/util-file.test.js
index 37cfd84..e66a04e 100644
--- a/test/util-file.test.js
+++ b/test/util-file.test.js
@@ -402,6 +402,36 @@ describe('openapi-format CLI file tests', () => {
       expect(result).toEqual({name: 'John', age: 30});
     });
 
+    it('should preserve quoted JSON examples with high-precision numbers and following schemas', async () => {
+      const yamlString = `openapi: 3.1.0
+info:
+  title: openapi-format schema-drop reproduction
+  version: 1.0.0
+paths: {}
+components:
+  schemas:
+    Before:
+      type: object
+      description: This schema contains an escaped JSON example with a high-precision number.
+      example: "{\\n  \\"score\\": 0.8189693396524255,\\n}"
+    CreateResponse:
+      type: object
+      description: This schema should remain in the formatted document.
+      properties:
+        id:
+          type: string
+`;
+
+      const result = await parseString(yamlString, {format: 'yaml'});
+
+      expect(result).not.toBeInstanceOf(Error);
+      expect(Object.keys(result.components.schemas)).toEqual(['Before', 'CreateResponse']);
+      expect(result.components.schemas.Before.example).toBe(
+        '{\n  "score": 0.8189693396524255,\n}'
+      );
+      expect(result.components.schemas.CreateResponse.properties.id.type).toBe('string');
+    });
+
     it('should detect dominant double quotes from YAML input', async () => {
       const yamlString = 'name: "John"\ncity: "London"\ncountry: \'UK\'\n';
       const options = {yamlQuoteStyle: 'detect'};
@@ -449,6 +479,13 @@ describe('openapi-format CLI file tests', () => {
       expect(result).toBeInstanceOf(SyntaxError);
     });
 
+    it('should return a YAML parsing error instead of recovering a partial document', async () => {
+      const invalidString = 'foo: "unterminated\nbar: value\n';
+      const result = await parseString(invalidString, {format: 'yaml'});
+
+      expect(result).toBeInstanceOf(Error);
+    });
+
     it('should quote unquoted $ref value starting with #', async () => {
       const yamlString = 'schema:\n  $ref: #/components/schemas/Example';
       const result = await parseString(yamlString);
diff --git a/test/yaml-big-numbers-scalar/input.yaml b/test/yaml-big-numbers-scalar/input.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce59ac0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/yaml-big-numbers-scalar/input.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+openapi: 3.1.0
+info:
+  title: openapi-format schema-drop reproduction
+  version: 1.0.0
+paths: {}
+components:
+  schemas:
+    Before:
+      type: object
+      description: This schema contains an escaped JSON example with a high-precision number.
+      example: "{\n  \"score\": 0.8189693396524255,\n}"
+    CreateResponse:
+      type: object
+      description: This schema should remain in the formatted document.
+      properties:
+        id:
+          type: string
diff --git a/test/yaml-big-numbers-scalar/options.yaml b/test/yaml-big-numbers-scalar/options.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a134fd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/yaml-big-numbers-scalar/options.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+verbose: true
+output: output.yaml
+no-sort: false
diff --git a/test/yaml-big-numbers-scalar/output.yaml b/test/yaml-big-numbers-scalar/output.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23b7253
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/yaml-big-numbers-scalar/output.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+openapi: 3.1.0
+info:
+  title: openapi-format schema-drop reproduction
+  version: 1.0.0
+paths: {}
+components:
+  schemas:
+    Before:
+      description: This schema contains an escaped JSON example with a high-precision number.
+      type: object
+      example: |-
+        {
+          "score": 0.8189693396524255,
+        }
+    CreateResponse:
+      description: This schema should remain in the formatted document.
+      type: object
+      properties:
+        id:
+          type: string
diff --git a/utils/file.js b/utils/file.js
index 59a8e84..3df9bd6 100644
--- a/utils/file.js
+++ b/utils/file.js
@@ -218,16 +218,19 @@ async function parseString(str, options = {}) {
     return str;
   }
 
-  // Convert large number values safely before parsing
-  let encodedContent = encodeLargeNumbers(str);
-  encodedContent = addQuotesToRefInString(encodedContent);
-
   // Default to YAML format unless specified as JSON
   const toYaml = options.format !== 'json' && (!options.hasOwnProperty('json') || options.json !== true);
 
   if (toYaml) {
     try {
-      const doc = yaml.parseDocument(encodedContent);
+      // Parse YAML before encoding large numbers so quoted strings remain untouched.
+      const doc = yaml.parseDocument(addQuotesToRefInString(str));
+      if (doc.errors.length > 0) {
+        return new SyntaxError(doc.errors[0].message);
+      }
+
+      // Convert large number scalar values safely after parsing, without touching strings.
+      encodeLargeNumberScalars(doc);
       applyYamlParseMetadata(doc, options);
       const obj = doc.toJS();
       if (typeof obj === 'object') {
@@ -240,8 +243,8 @@ async function parseString(str, options = {}) {
     }
   } else {
     try {
-      // Try parsing as JSON
-      return JSON.parse(encodedContent);
+      // Encode large JSON numbers before parsing so their precision is preserved.
+      return JSON.parse(encodeLargeNumbers(str));
     } catch (jsonError) {
       return jsonError;
     }
@@ -330,8 +333,7 @@ async function parseFile(filePath, options = {}) {
     let rawContent = await readFile(filePath, options);
 
     if (options.format === 'yaml') {
-      const encodedContent = addQuotesToRefInString(encodeLargeNumbers(rawContent));
-      const doc = yaml.parseDocument(encodedContent);
+      const doc = yaml.parseDocument(addQuotesToRefInString(rawContent));
       applyYamlParseMetadata(doc, options);
     }
 
@@ -516,6 +518,32 @@ function encodeLargeNumbers(inputContent) {
   });
 }
 
+/**
+ * Convert large number scalar values safely after YAML parsing.
+ * @param {import('yaml').Document} doc
+ */
+function encodeLargeNumberScalars(doc) {
+  yaml.visit(doc, {
+    Pair(_, pair) {
+      const value = pair.value;
+      if (
+        !yaml.isScalar(value) ||
+        typeof value.value !== 'number' ||
+        typeof value.source !== 'string'
+      ) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const source = value.source;
+      const digitCount = source.replace(/[^0-9]/g, '').length;
+      if (Number(source).toString().includes('e') || digitCount > 15) {
+        value.value = `${source}===`;
+        value.type = 'QUOTE_DOUBLE';
+      }
+    }
+  });
+}
+
 /**
  * Extract YAML scalar formatting metadata that needs to be preserved when
  * writing output.