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rarefied

[rair-uh-fahyd] / ˈrɛər əˌfaɪd /
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Rarefied air and how Townsend's players will be breathing it in right now.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

Rarefied clothes: See the fashion inside and outside the Paris couture shows.

From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2023

She is a Rarefied American who has spent more than a third of her life in a Secret Service bubble.

From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2015

Rarefied terrain exists at only a handful of resorts, one of which you will not see in our rankings.

From Forbes • Nov. 18, 2014

Rarefied matter must take a higher place than denser substances.

From Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume by




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