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desirable

[dih-zahyuhr-uh-buhl] / dɪˈzaɪər ə bəl /




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The precious metals have also enjoyed strong buying, with gold and silver both hitting record highs on expectations for more rate cuts, which makes them more desirable to investors.

From Barron's

Meanwhile, another board member said that it is desirable to make decisions as appropriate at each policy meeting without having a specific pace in mind.

From The Wall Street Journal

"There was also more entertainment at home thanks to TV. Thus the idea of escaping family for a few hours was less desirable and football attendances in general were falling during the 1950s."

From BBC

But there is a longtime tendency, not just in L.A., to apply a whole series of admittedly desirable public policy objectives onto affordable housing because the government is involved.

From Los Angeles Times

As artificial intelligence hyper-flattens mass culture, anything denoting evidence of humanity becomes exceptionally desirable.

From The Wall Street Journal