sought-after

[ sawt-af-ter, -ahf- ]

/ ˈsɔtˌæf tər, -ˌɑf- /

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adjective

that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.

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Origin of sought-after

First recorded in 1880–85

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For a while yoga and pilates classes were sought out at luxury gyms like Equinox.
How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze|Lizzie Crocker|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Their friendship began when Krauss, who was chairman of the physics department at Case Western in Cleveland, sought out Epstein.
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Where the U.S. once sought to train several divisions worth, the latest effort is for just 3,000 troops.
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On Friday, the story had looked like it might blow over as Buckingham Palace sought to dismiss it as a “civil case.”
Buckingham Palace Disputes Sex Allegations Against Prince ‘Randy Andy’|Tom Sykes|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Two and a half millennia ago, Siddhartha Gautama sought enlightenment.
The Buddhist Business of Poaching Animals for Good Karma|Brendon Hong|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Why not have sought out the pure white lime-rocks of the flat country, or the grey granite of the hills?
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
He had not estimated that if Jean Baptiste sought his wife secretly, it must have been because he wished to avoid him.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
The purchasers found that this claim was not well founded, and sought to recover their money.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
He also states that the Audiencia is virtually non-existent, and so there is no high court in which justice may be sought.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
There are five general heads under which the characteristics to be sought may be grouped.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick

British Dictionary definitions for sought-after

sought-after

adjective

in demand; wanted

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sought after

Also, much sought after. Very popular, in demand, as in He was much sought after as a throat specialist, particularly by singers. This expression uses the past participle of seek in the sense of “desired” or “searched for.” [Late 1800s]

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