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something that is sought after but that is very hard to get or achieve
The championship trophy was the grail they were seeking.
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Recent Examples of grails
Two more of his former grails will go under the gavel at Phillips New York this summer.
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Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
12 May 2026
From boutique-only editions to discontinued grails, the watches on offer reflect knowledge and intent.
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Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
Donut Lab In-wheel hub motors are one of the perennial grails of the electric-vehicle industry.
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Glenn Zorpette,
IEEE Spectrum,
9 Jan. 2025
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
12 May 2026
From boutique-only editions to discontinued grails, the watches on offer reflect knowledge and intent.
—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
Donut Lab In-wheel hub motors are one of the perennial grails of the electric-vehicle industry.
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Glenn Zorpette,
IEEE Spectrum,
9 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grails
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Highlight reels are dominated by exceptional athletes doing exceptional things.
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Welcome back to Kick It, the AJC’s newsletter for all things World Cup.
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In a bilingual classroom next door to Waits’ class, students made predictions in Spanish on which objects would float or sink — flotar or hundirse — in a bucket of water.
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Betty Kioko, an institutional affairs adviser at ESO, said the United Nations Outer Space Treaty, signed in 1967, states that the responsibility for space launches is with the nation states where those space objects are registered.
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“Grails.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grails. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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