as in craved
to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy
I've been coveting that sleek sports car in the showroom for some time now
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Recent Examples of coveted
Delane was eventually going to fall asleep Thursday night as the top cornerback off the board, headed to a team that coveted him badly enough to surrender three picks for his services.
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Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2026
The backstory Local developers had coveted this head-turning property for years.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Apr. 2026
The transmission towers that dot the hills connect to a large electrical substation in Acton, making the surrounding scrub lands highly coveted by battery developers who could plug projects into the grid without building long, million-dollar-a-mile power lines.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
This Prancing Horse comes with a racing pedigree, an exhaustive restoration, matching engine and transmission numbers, and coveted Ferrari Classiche Red Book certification.
—Howard Walker, Robb Report, 21 Apr. 2026
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Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2026
The backstory Local developers had coveted this head-turning property for years.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Apr. 2026
The transmission towers that dot the hills connect to a large electrical substation in Acton, making the surrounding scrub lands highly coveted by battery developers who could plug projects into the grid without building long, million-dollar-a-mile power lines.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
This Prancing Horse comes with a racing pedigree, an exhaustive restoration, matching engine and transmission numbers, and coveted Ferrari Classiche Red Book certification.
—Howard Walker, Robb Report, 21 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coveted
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The Ravens went into this draft with obvious needs — interior offensive linemen, pass-catching targets and edge rusher being the most glaring — but what DeCosta craved most of all was a return to the team’s hard-nosed roots.—
Michael Silver,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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The nontraditional scoring method being used at the Mitsubishi Electric Classic has created the sort of turmoil on the leaderboard that the organizers craved to set it apart.—
Stan Awtrey,
AJC.com,
26 Apr. 2026
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And now, everything that this series was building toward – everything this season has hinted at – comes down to one final game in a place the Magic desperately wanted to avoid.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 May 2026
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Two wealthy Germans—Karin Walter-Mommert, a racehorse owner, and Walter Gunz, the multimillionaire founder of MediaMarkt—also wanted to save the whale.—
Jessica Camille Aguirre,
New Yorker,
2 May 2026
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“Coveted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coveted. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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