Definitions
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- adjective greatly desired
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Examples
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Other runners-up win their choice of a coveted Style Invitational Loser T-shirt or yearned-for Loser Mug.
Week 889: Tour de Fours neologism contest: Make up a word containing the block of letters P, O, L and E The Empress 2010
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Other runners-up win their choice of a coveted Style Invitational Loser T-shirt or yearned-for Loser Mug.
Style Invitational Week 890: A contest to combine two sports team names The Empress 2010
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Some of the most painful, anguish-filled moments for any mom or dad is watching their child not receive that longed-for invitation to the party, not get that desperately yearned-for role in the play, not make the team or not be invited into that coveted club or social circle.
Leslie King, LCSW: Confront Your Own Memories To Help Your Child Cope LCSW Leslie King 2011
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There is no new thing under the sun, not even that yearned-for bauble of feeble souls -- immortality.
Chapter 2 2010
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Some of the most painful, anguish-filled moments for any mom or dad is watching their child not receive that longed-for invitation to the party, not get that desperately yearned-for role in the play, not make the team or not be invited into that coveted club or social circle.
Leslie King, LCSW: Confront Your Own Memories To Help Your Child Cope LCSW Leslie King 2011
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Some of the most painful, anguish-filled moments for any mom or dad is watching their child not receive that longed-for invitation to the party, not get that desperately yearned-for role in the play, not make the team or not be invited into that coveted club or social circle.
Leslie King, LCSW: Confront Your Own Memories To Help Your Child Cope LCSW Leslie King 2011
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Some of the most painful, anguish-filled moments for any mom or dad is watching their child not receive that longed-for invitation to the party, not get that desperately yearned-for role in the play, not make the team or not be invited into that coveted club or social circle.
Leslie King, LCSW: Confront Your Own Memories To Help Your Child Cope LCSW Leslie King 2011
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Some of the most painful, anguish-filled moments for any mom or dad is watching their child not receive that longed-for invitation to the party, not get that desperately yearned-for role in the play, not make the team or not be invited into that coveted club or social circle.
Leslie King, LCSW: Confront Your Own Memories To Help Your Child Cope LCSW Leslie King 2011
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Some of the most painful, anguish-filled moments for any mom or dad is watching their child not receive that longed-for invitation to the party, not get that desperately yearned-for role in the play, not make the team or not be invited into that coveted club or social circle.
Leslie King, LCSW: Confront Your Own Memories To Help Your Child Cope LCSW Leslie King 2011
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Other runners-up win their choice of a coveted Style Invitational Loser T-shirt or yearned-for Loser Mug.
Style Invitational Week 891: Word palindromes, plus limerick results The Empress 2010
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