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rarefied

[rair-uh-fahyd] / ˈrɛər əˌfaɪd /
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His mental adjustment on how to react to failure, combined with a conditioning program that led him to lose 10 pounds and become faster and stronger, created a spring environment sending him into rarefied air.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

On Friday, Trump will pay a visit to Zhongnanhai, a rarefied compound where China's leaders live and work.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Their stakes are real, but the dispute comes to the court in such rarefied doctrinal form that the underlying injury almost disappears.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026

And through seven games, Sindarov’s play has catapulted him into the game’s rarefied atmosphere.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

At a modest high school in the Tidewater city of Portsmouth, not far from John Casteen’s boyhood home, a guidance-office wall filled with college pennants does not include one from rarefied Virginia.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times




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