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rare
adjective
not widely distributed
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adjective
not widely distributed
“rare herbs”
adjective
not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness
“a rare word”
adjective
(of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside
“rare roast beef”
adjective
recurring only at long intervals
“a rare appearance”
adjective
marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind
“{'source': 'J.R.Lowell', 'text': 'what is so rare as a day in June'}”
adjective
having low density
“rare gasses”
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rare herbs
rare patches of green in the desert
a rare word
rare books
rare roast beef
a rare appearance
total eclipses are rare events
{'source': 'J.R.Lowell', 'text': 'what is so rare as a day in June'}
a rare skill
an uncommon sense of humor
she was kind to an uncommon degree
rare gasses
lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air
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