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rarer

  • comparative
    of rare.
    rare
    adjective
    coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon: His visits are rare occasions.

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While smaller space rocks frequently burn up in Earth's atmosphere, large orbiting rocks like asteroids are rarer.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

So-called hallucinations, one of the features of all AI models so far, are becoming rarer.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

Because it is much rarer than other types of Ebola, there is no vaccine or proven treatment, although various teams are trying to develop them.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

Perhaps, with new technologies and methods of analysis, they can become even rarer, enabling economics to shed the image of a dismal science.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

Even more unnerving, because they are less well understood and capable of occurring anywhere at any time, are the rarer type of shakings known as intraplate quakes.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson