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desired

[dih-zahyuhrd] / dɪˈzaɪərd /






ADJECTIVE
sought
Synonyms




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Reducing your stock holdings will return your portfolio to your desired equity-to-bond ratio.

From The Wall Street Journal

However, given the stigma around the property, a sale at his desired price might be a tough hill to climb.

From MarketWatch

But he adds: "I worry that dismissing 'willpower' makes it too easy to resign oneself to being at a weight that may not be what is desired, or best for health."

From BBC

Gu's research focused on designing bonds that stay strong during use but become easier to break later when degradation is desired.

From Science Daily

When he reached New York, he enrolled in a yeshiva to resume his Talmud studies—as his parents would have desired—but soon left after finding he could no longer accept all of the doctrines.

From The Wall Street Journal