unobtainable
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A report this month by the US-China Business Council found that ongoing Chinese export restrictions have made some rare earths nearly unobtainable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
"I mean, come on, it's like an unobtainable dream."
From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026
Rather than agonize over how to restore the landscape to some former, unobtainable baseline of “natural,” officials unanimously agreed that this bold re-imagining of the coast was the best way forward among no perfect options.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025
It felt so unobtainable, actually, to me, because I knew what I saw on television, I knew the examples that I didn't see on television or in theaters or on stage.
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2024
For a city whose economy was built on slaughter, kosher meat remained an unobtainable luxury.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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