desirable

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Homeownership is a lofty and desirable goal — and one that many young Americans think is out of reach.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

The county is gradually moving workers into the 55-story skyscraper at the base of Bunker Hill that was widely considered one of the city’s most desirable office buildings when it was completed in 1991.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

If gold is still a haven, then a possible end to the war could make it less desirable.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

An uptick in demand coupled with the city’s notorious lack of housing supply means that fierce bidding wars are breaking out again for single-family homes and condominiums in desirable neighborhoods.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

They were mostly self-pollinating: that is, the crop varieties could pollinate themselves and pass on their own desirable genes unchanged, instead of having to hybridize with other varieties less useful to humans.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond