desirable
Example Sentences
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He encourages prospective buyers to break their spending into three buckets: essentials, desirables and indulgences.
From BBC • May 9, 2025
The other was not just a designer of handbags, accessories and other desirables but also a woman of 55 whose very trademark of a name was a status symbol for generations of women of means.
From New York Times • Dec. 26, 2018
This helps you identify companies that fit a crucial list of desirables, says John Honney, director of business owner consulting at Northern Trust, with headquarters in Chicago.
From US News • Sep. 20, 2016
If I could do it over again, I would go in alone to avoid the inevitable meltdown that occurs when there are so many desirables that can’t be touched and won’t be bought.
From Washington Post • Oct. 22, 2015
She was a little surprised that he had not thought of it himself, aware as he must be of the scarcity of such desirables in the Darcy family.
From Why Joan? by Kelly, Eleanor Mercein
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