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grail

noun as in sacred vessel

Strong matches

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Baseball’s holy grail is this: One place to watch your team, and every team, wherever you are.

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A single, unified application for every one of California’s public affordable housing funding programs has been the bureaucratic holy grail of California affordable developers and policy wonks since at least the mid-1990s.

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“The holy grail of taboos in American politics,” the interviewer says, “which include socialism, Islam and Palestine. You are really going for the trifecta. Tell me, why is Palestine a part of your politics?”

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Messi finally achieved the holy grail of winning the World Cup in Qatar in 2022 - removing the main argument against whether he could be considered the best footballer ever.

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But the big attraction was the bonus tracks, including the unabridged, 10-minute version of her break-up ballad All Too Well - described by Variety magazine as the "holy grail" of the star's back catalogue.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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