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The pieces achieve grail status in the menswear market. — Steff Yotka, Vogue, "A Brief History of Raf Simons’s Storied Career in Fashion," 22 Dec. 2018 The craft-brew grail has long been this subtler sort of brew, combining the dryness of light lagers with brighter, less brash and more complex hops flavor. — William Bostwick, WSJ, "Craft Beer Breakthrough: Brisk New Bubblies for the Holiday Table," 20 Nov. 2018 Several people offered up their suggestions, including one considered a holy-grail product. — Devon Abelman, Allure, "The Best Drugstore Foundations for Combination Skin According to Reddit," 25 Aug. 2018 Like anything that promises transformation, finding that grail can approach obsession. — Leeann Duggan, Glamour, "An Ode to Levi's 501s, the Greatest Jeans Of All Time," 22 Aug. 2018 His two-story space in Tribeca houses a trove of design grails collected over the years, including a vast array of Austrian designer Carl Auböck’s table-top pieces in brass, wood, wicker, and horn. — Liza Corsillo, GQ, "Design Dealer Patrick Parrish Talks Flea Market Fashion and When To Grab Furniture Off the Street," 13 Mar. 2018 But the dish needed improvements to get closer to my grail ribs. — Julia Moskin, New York Times, "Mastering Chinese-Style Ribs at Home," 9 July 2018 Amp up your current product collection with these holy-grail picks from the experts. — Ni'kesia Pannell, SELF, "9 Natural Hair Bloggers Share Their Holy Grail Products for Curls and Coils," 4 June 2018 In a menswear universe that moves by the day in a more practical direction, turning clothes that provide value, function, and timeless style into legit grails, ROA stands out. — Jake Woolf, GQ, "You Could Use a Style Upgrade," 21 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'grail.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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