much sought after
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“The recent agreements with Stanwell are expected to provide adequate liquidity to mitigate liquidation risks, but a much sought after improvement in met coal markets is needed to preserve longer-term equity value,” UBS says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025
In a way, the orphanage children are much sought after as they have received a level of education that is unobtainable for most in their own community.
From BBC • May 9, 2024
Sales of homes $250,000 and below, the much sought after price category continued to decline.
From Reuters • Feb. 18, 2022
He “served selflessly as an imam, teacher, mentor, and was much sought after as a powerful orator and speaker,” the organization said in a statement.
From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2019
Colonel Cargill was so awful a marketing executive that his services were much sought after by firms eager to establish losses for tax purposes.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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