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sought-after

[sawt-af-ter, -ahf-] / ˈsɔtˌæf tər, -ˌɑf- /




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The Netherlands, predicted as tournament winners, against a Morocco side who reached the semi-finals four years ago and have since added sought-after 18-year-old wonderkid Ayyoub Bouaddi to their midfield.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2026

Among other ventures, he was recently cut into what was possibly the most sought-after initial public offering ever—or, as he says, “like, I had access to the SpaceX thing.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 27, 2026

So the question becomes not only where the sought-after capital will come from, but how it will be spent.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026

And when there are classroom restrictions, hackathons at campus clubs are the way to build sought-after AI skills, he added.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 22, 2026

Now potters used wood ash deliberately, each with his own secret formula, to produce the sought-after glaze.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park




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