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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 grail
The holy grail for Goldman would be Fidelity, if Abigail Johnson, whose family controls the retirement and wealth-management giant, were keen to sell.
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Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 21 July 2025
Three years of consistent use later, this has become my holy grail beauty product.
—People Staff, People.com, 11 July 2025
Personal-ity training: Making exercise fun is the holy grail for those who can’t quite find the motivation to work out.
—Emily Scolnick, CNN Money, 10 July 2025
On paper, unlimited PTO sounds like the holy grail of benefits a company can offer its employees—the ability to take endless vacations and avoid burnout.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 2 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for grail
Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 21 July 2025
Three years of consistent use later, this has become my holy grail beauty product.
—People Staff, People.com, 11 July 2025
Personal-ity training: Making exercise fun is the holy grail for those who can’t quite find the motivation to work out.
—Emily Scolnick, CNN Money, 10 July 2025
On paper, unlimited PTO sounds like the holy grail of benefits a company can offer its employees—the ability to take endless vacations and avoid burnout.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 2 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for grail
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grail
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Finding your community via identity is one thing, but some clubs go even more niche and have combined two different cultures—the Jewish one and the culture of cannabis.—
Sophie Liza Cannon,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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And everyone who lives in Culiacán knows what both of those things mean.—
Jesse Hyde,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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In other words, the fitness objective started out as little more than a marketing strategy.—
Lauren Leffer,
Popular Science,
7 Aug. 2025
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Jaiswal said India has already made its stand clear that the country’s imports were based on market factors and were part of an overall objective of ensuring energy security for its 1.4 billion people.—
Leo Schwartz,
Fortune,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Another spectator was reportedly hit by the object.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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The illusion comes from how our brains interpret visual cues, especially when comparing the moon to nearby objects like trees or buildings.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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As a whole, aviation has a goal of reaching net zero emissions by 2050, although that gets less likely by the year as sustainable aviation fuel development and scaling stalls.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
18 Aug. 2025
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Liverpool’s head coach singled out individual mistakes again for Bournemouth’s second goal of the night.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
17 Aug. 2025
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Wagner said in June that winning back-to-back promotions is a realistic target, a feat Norwich, Southampton and Ipswich Town have all pulled off over the past 15 years.—
Dan Cancian,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The decision sparked a firestorm on social media — where much of the debate around these issues is taking place — and Jackson-Smith was the target of abusive and threatening comments from both pro-Israel and pro-Palestine supporters.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Aug. 2025
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The hardest part of making a film with AI is finding the right idea.—
Bogdan Nesvit,
Rolling Stone,
15 Aug. 2025
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In those decades, Americans were fighting over some big ideas.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Grail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grail. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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