rare

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Discoveries include more than 1,000 thin wooden writing tablets that provide rare insight into everyday life at the fort, along with over 5,000 Roman leather shoes.

From Science Daily

Perhaps aware fielding had let them down, England engaged in some rare fielding drills.

From BBC

Buried in the reddish soil of southern China lies latent power: one of the largest clusters of crucial rare earths is mined around the clock by a secretive and heavily guarded industry.

From Barron's

Heavy rare earth mining is difficult to detect.

From Barron's

Some species and populations take this strangeness even further by producing seeds without fertilization -- a reproductive strategy that is extremely rare among plants.

From Science Daily