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Recent Examples of holy grail
And then the English joined in, claiming that Joseph of Arimathea brought the holy grail containing the blood and sweat of the crucified Christ to Glastonbury.
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JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
The earliest myth is their holy grail.
—Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Clean Skin Club Clean Towels These clean towels are my holy grail Prime Day restock.
—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 8 Oct. 2025
The holy grail at the end of the tunnel is the idea that Burrow could return for January football intact to take the baton and make a run at a championship.
—Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
It was brought to market back in 2007, and its endurance as a cosmetic holy grail is a testament to the quality of the formula.
—Beatrice Zocchi, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2025
Steakhouse in Dallas is a holy grail destination for meat and red wine lovers, but seafood and white wine lovers will also be happy here.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2025
Now OpenAI and Stripe are upping the ante, folding shopping into the flow of an AI chat—a kind of holy grail for consumers who want to go from idea to purchase in seconds.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2025
For years, creating AGI has been the holy grail of many leading AI researchers.
—Michael C. Horowitz, Foreign Affairs, 26 Sep. 2025
JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
The earliest myth is their holy grail.
—Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Clean Skin Club Clean Towels These clean towels are my holy grail Prime Day restock.
—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 8 Oct. 2025
The holy grail at the end of the tunnel is the idea that Burrow could return for January football intact to take the baton and make a run at a championship.
—Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
It was brought to market back in 2007, and its endurance as a cosmetic holy grail is a testament to the quality of the formula.
—Beatrice Zocchi, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2025
Steakhouse in Dallas is a holy grail destination for meat and red wine lovers, but seafood and white wine lovers will also be happy here.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2025
Now OpenAI and Stripe are upping the ante, folding shopping into the flow of an AI chat—a kind of holy grail for consumers who want to go from idea to purchase in seconds.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2025
For years, creating AGI has been the holy grail of many leading AI researchers.
—Michael C. Horowitz, Foreign Affairs, 26 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for holy grail
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The Alphabet-subsidiary is now operating commercially in five American cities, with plans to launch in several more.—
Jessica Mathews,
Fortune,
15 Oct. 2025
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That plan was to eventually lead to a marquee match between two former Shield brothers.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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And while the color itself is a mix of almond milk and espresso, Steinfeld also opted for an elegant mid-length almond shape, adding a second meaning to the moniker.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
18 Oct. 2025
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Frame the experience of caregiving as sacred and as a way to search for personal meaning from a larger perspective.—
Kat McGowan,
NPR,
18 Oct. 2025
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If this was a novel, the heroes would be Joe Whebbe and Rhonda Paoli, his wife and partner in their design/renovation business, who’ve saved Kamman’s 300,000 books.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
20 Oct. 2025
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The hydrogel’s design creates a huge challenge space.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Oct. 2025
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Under the Italian, exercises were done with the same objective but took place in the gym, which players are now using less, and were performed differently.—
Mario Cortegana,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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Can Putin afford to fight all winter, through spring, into the fourth summer, to again aim for increasingly minimalist objectives?—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
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The Texas native rose to fame as foreign exchange student Nadia in American Pie (1999), the object of Jason Biggs’ affection.—
Skyler Trepel,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Oct. 2025
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In the future, every object could carry its own unforgeable signature, adding a layer of trust that is literally built into its molecular structure.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Oct. 2025
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And a lot of the pseudepigrapha, like the fake gospels and fake apocalypses, fill in gaps in the record that can serve latter-day, post-biblical purposes.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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This particular challenge serves many purposes.—
Joe Boylan,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Then, the scammers build fake profiles on Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat, which includes sending friend requests to people in the target's social media network to give the appearance of mutual friends.—
Molly Beck,
jsonline.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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Ukraine has long sought more air defense as Russia has heavily relied on drone and missile assaults to pound civilian targets, including residential buildings, schools as well as maternity and children’s hospitals, since the onslaught of the war.—
Caitlin McFall,
FOXNews.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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Tagovailoa said the conversations with his teammates revolved around what his intent was with the comments.—
Saad Yousuf,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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In a world intent on dividing us into factions, political discourse threatens to disrupt workplace culture at a time when companies must unite around change and growth strategies in the AI era.—
Jason Del Rey,
Fortune,
15 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Holy grail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/holy%20grail. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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