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hot commodity

American  
[haht-kuh-mahd-i-tee] / ˈhɑt kəˈmɑd ɪ ti /

noun

  1. a person or thing that is in great demand or considered highly desirable.

Example Sentences

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And drones are a hot commodity right now.

From Barron's

They have a strong incentive to do so, as memory stocks have become a hot commodity on Wall Street.

From The Wall Street Journal

FRANKFURT—Across Germany, railcar factories are being retooled to build military vehicles, auto suppliers are joining with defense contractors, and former soldiers are suddenly hot commodities in the jobs market.

From The Wall Street Journal

Electricity is a hot commodity, now that tech companies are paying a premium for it to power their artificial-intelligence data centers.

From Barron's

Water itself had become a hot commodity, with fridges filled with cans of water being emptied as soon as they had been filled.

From The Wall Street Journal

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