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Recent Examples of holy grail
Target-date strategies the ‘holy grail’ Target-date strategies are likely the best way for 401(k)s to eventually bring the most participants into alternative assets, Bank of America suggests.
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Michelle Fox, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
The holy grail of European club football was achieved just four times from 1955-56 to 2007-08, but has since been claimed on seven occasions — an indication of how the elite teams have pulled further and further away from the rest of the continent.
—Will Jeanes, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
How To Be Relevant The holy grail of marketing, as author Greg Licciardi explains, is delivering the right message to the right person at the right time in the right context—that’s how transactions are generated.
—Matteo Atti, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Monetary policy’s Holy Grail is money, not interest rates.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2025
Even though Rotel Sausage Dip tends to reign supreme in Southern households come football season, there’s one more appetizer that just might be tailgating’s Holy Grail: chicken wings.
—Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 18 Aug. 2025
But the batteries are expensive to research and difficult to manufacture at a large scale, giving them a reputation for being a Holy Grail for battery engineers all over the world.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
The start-to-finish real estate experience has been a Holy Grail for a long time.
—Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 10 June 2025
The movie is a take-off of the Arthurian legend with the klutzy knights in their pyrrhic search of that ever-illusive Holy Grail.
—Luaine Lee, Boston Herald, 29 Apr. 2025
Michelle Fox, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
The holy grail of European club football was achieved just four times from 1955-56 to 2007-08, but has since been claimed on seven occasions — an indication of how the elite teams have pulled further and further away from the rest of the continent.
—Will Jeanes, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
How To Be Relevant The holy grail of marketing, as author Greg Licciardi explains, is delivering the right message to the right person at the right time in the right context—that’s how transactions are generated.
—Matteo Atti, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Monetary policy’s Holy Grail is money, not interest rates.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2025
Even though Rotel Sausage Dip tends to reign supreme in Southern households come football season, there’s one more appetizer that just might be tailgating’s Holy Grail: chicken wings.
—Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 18 Aug. 2025
But the batteries are expensive to research and difficult to manufacture at a large scale, giving them a reputation for being a Holy Grail for battery engineers all over the world.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
The start-to-finish real estate experience has been a Holy Grail for a long time.
—Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 10 June 2025
The movie is a take-off of the Arthurian legend with the klutzy knights in their pyrrhic search of that ever-illusive Holy Grail.
—Luaine Lee, Boston Herald, 29 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for holy grail
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At least one former candidate – Kansas City attorney Stacy Lake, who lost to White in the Democratic primary for County Executive in 2022 – has announced plans to run at that point.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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The bulk of his cases are reviews involving the major Medicaid plans in Ohio.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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What could have been a transformative meditation on mourning too often slips into surface-level spectacle, leaving the audience to piece together meaning from a scattershot collage of influences.—
David Hochman,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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That's because nudity can take on drastically different meanings.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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Thanks to cross-generational compatibility and modular design, many components—such as controllers and DFMs—can be refurbished and redeployed within the Pure Storage product ecosystem.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The sneakers feature Altra’s signature FootShape design, which splays at the front to give your toes ample space for natural movement.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Sep. 2025
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The only objective on their mind is to walk until there’s only one last man standing.—
Leia Mendoza,
Variety,
13 Sep. 2025
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While in orbit, Mission 7 accomplished a range of test and experimentation objectives intended to demonstrate the X-37B’s robust maneuver capability while helping characterize the space domain through the testing of space domain awareness technology experiments.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Sep. 2025
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Each of the four objects — the moon, Jupiter, Castor and Pollux — will appear to be about four degrees apart.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Do not approach water, wet objects, or metal items.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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The information provided in this article is for general informational and educational purposes only.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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In a 2004 study, the United States Institute of Peace said that hundreds of terrorist groups had migrated online, utilizing a tool meant for better communication for often nefarious purposes.—
Richard Frankel,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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Over the last three years both Teck and Anglo have been takeover targets for their mining rivals, Australia’s BHP and Swiss-based Glencore.—
Tim Treadgold,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The signatories — which included the likes of EV manufacturers Volvo and Polestar, as well as material suppliers, battery manufacturers and grid operators — said the introduction of the target had already triggered hundreds of billions of euros in new investment.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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Rupert and Lachlan’s attorneys stated their intent to appeal immediately.—
Martina Di Licosa,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Another goal for the group is to create a widespread medical definition of genocide that emphasizes prevention over intent, Jboor said.—
Natalie Davies,
Freep.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Holy grail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/holy%20grail. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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