hot commodity
noun
: someone or something that is highly valued or in much demand
an actor who is a hot commodity in Hollywood right now
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Legions of students pursued engineering in college in hopes of hitting the hiring market as a hot commodity.
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 28 May 2026
New York Knicks fans have turned NBA Finals tickets into a scorching-hot commodity.
—Devon Henderson, New York Times, 27 May 2026
Any Sweeney project in a studio’s pantry has become a hot commodity in light of the runaway success of Housemaid, Lionsgate’s adaptation of the book by Freida McFadden.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026
But the excitement over OpenClaw, an autonomous AI agent that can operate a user’s device to accomplish tasks, has made Apple’s tiny desktop a hot commodity over the past few months.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2026
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 28 May 2026
New York Knicks fans have turned NBA Finals tickets into a scorching-hot commodity.
—Devon Henderson, New York Times, 27 May 2026
Any Sweeney project in a studio’s pantry has become a hot commodity in light of the runaway success of Housemaid, Lionsgate’s adaptation of the book by Freida McFadden.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026
But the excitement over OpenClaw, an autonomous AI agent that can operate a user’s device to accomplish tasks, has made Apple’s tiny desktop a hot commodity over the past few months.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2026
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“Hot commodity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot%20commodity. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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