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Recent Examples of holy grail
While some brands like Reformation may seem out of range, my friends said the sale section is the holy grail for finding affordable, event-worthy dresses.
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Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2025
Target-date strategies the ‘holy grail’ Target-date strategies are likely the best way for 401(k)s to eventually bring the most participants into alternative assets, Bank of America suggests.
—Michelle Fox, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
The holy grail of European club football was achieved just four times from 1955-56 to 2007-08, but has since been claimed on seven occasions — an indication of how the elite teams have pulled further and further away from the rest of the continent.
—Will Jeanes, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
How To Be Relevant The holy grail of marketing, as author Greg Licciardi explains, is delivering the right message to the right person at the right time in the right context—that’s how transactions are generated.
—Matteo Atti, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Monetary policy’s Holy Grail is money, not interest rates.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2025
Even though Rotel Sausage Dip tends to reign supreme in Southern households come football season, there’s one more appetizer that just might be tailgating’s Holy Grail: chicken wings.
—Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 18 Aug. 2025
But the batteries are expensive to research and difficult to manufacture at a large scale, giving them a reputation for being a Holy Grail for battery engineers all over the world.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
The start-to-finish real estate experience has been a Holy Grail for a long time.
—Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 10 June 2025
Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2025
Target-date strategies the ‘holy grail’ Target-date strategies are likely the best way for 401(k)s to eventually bring the most participants into alternative assets, Bank of America suggests.
—Michelle Fox, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
The holy grail of European club football was achieved just four times from 1955-56 to 2007-08, but has since been claimed on seven occasions — an indication of how the elite teams have pulled further and further away from the rest of the continent.
—Will Jeanes, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
How To Be Relevant The holy grail of marketing, as author Greg Licciardi explains, is delivering the right message to the right person at the right time in the right context—that’s how transactions are generated.
—Matteo Atti, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Monetary policy’s Holy Grail is money, not interest rates.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2025
Even though Rotel Sausage Dip tends to reign supreme in Southern households come football season, there’s one more appetizer that just might be tailgating’s Holy Grail: chicken wings.
—Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 18 Aug. 2025
But the batteries are expensive to research and difficult to manufacture at a large scale, giving them a reputation for being a Holy Grail for battery engineers all over the world.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
The start-to-finish real estate experience has been a Holy Grail for a long time.
—Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 10 June 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for holy grail
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More recently, the co-founders called for the company to be separated from Unilever and excluded from its plans to float the ice cream division on the stock market.—
Hugh Cameron
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Apex is continuing to use its current software but plans on fully transitioning to Rec by late February of next year.—
Tim Casey,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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What could have been a transformative meditation on mourning too often slips into surface-level spectacle, leaving the audience to piece together meaning from a scattershot collage of influences.—
David Hochman,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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That's because nudity can take on drastically different meanings.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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Thanks to cross-generational compatibility and modular design, many components—such as controllers and DFMs—can be refurbished and redeployed within the Pure Storage product ecosystem.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The sneakers feature Altra’s signature FootShape design, which splays at the front to give your toes ample space for natural movement.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Sep. 2025
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The only objective on their mind is to walk until there’s only one last man standing.—
Leia Mendoza,
Variety,
13 Sep. 2025
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While in orbit, Mission 7 accomplished a range of test and experimentation objectives intended to demonstrate the X-37B’s robust maneuver capability while helping characterize the space domain through the testing of space domain awareness technology experiments.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Sep. 2025
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Each of the four objects — the moon, Jupiter, Castor and Pollux — will appear to be about four degrees apart.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Do not approach water, wet objects, or metal items.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Someday, yes, but not conventionally now (there are efforts underway to devise specialized LLMs that can achieve those ends, built for that vaunted purpose).—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Since late last year, China has ramped up its restrictions on exports of rare earths, even demanding proof that they will not be used for military purposes.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Doing Your College Research Start by researching actual employment outcomes for specific programs at target schools.—
Sarah Hernholm,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Sagapolutele’s top targets have been UNLV senior transfer wide receiver Jacob De Jesus (17 catches, 141 yards, TD), sophomore tight end Mason Mini (13-99, 2 TDs) and senior wide receiver Trond Grizzell (11-175, TD).—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Sep. 2025
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In response to the controversy, Gutman took to X, formerly Twitter, to explain his intent.—
Heather Hunter,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Sep. 2025
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He was booked for one count of entering an automobile or other motor vehicle with intent to commit theft or felony, according to jail records obtained by PEOPLE.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Holy grail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/holy%20grail. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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