once-coveted

There was no need to ask that question until it became possible for the physical properties of a book to be separated in distribution from its actual content, and until it became possible for nearly everyone to enter into the once-coveted position of being a publisher.

The Church's Ritual Texts Must Be Freed 2009

Fought over by the French and Germans for centuries and now abandoned by the once-coveted mining industry, Lorraine has lacked the charming painted chalets and window boxes -- and the vineyards -- that lure tourists to neighboring Alsace.

Flora Lazar: Pastry Outside of Paris: Museum and 'Mets' in Metz Flora Lazar 2011

These days, this once-coveted office, a stepping-stone to a knighthood, was concerned mainly with the tiresome, and uncertain, task of raising money.

Day of the Dandelion Peter Pringle 2007

Microsoft - can claim those once-coveted three initials.

NYT > Home Page By ERIC DASH 2011

Surveying a relationship where once-coveted items are picked over and forgotten - where the subjects of old photos are "dressed up like unloved icons, gathering dust up on the wall" - Darnielle looks back on the wreckage with precious little false nobility.

NPR Topics: News 2011

Surveying a relationship where once-coveted items are picked over and forgotten - where the subjects of old photos are "dressed up like unloved icons, gathering dust up on the wall" - Darnielle looks back on the wreckage with precious little false nobility.

NPR Topics: News 2011

Microsoft - can claim those once-coveted three initials.

NYT > Home Page By ERIC DASH 2011

Kelley Blue Book, considered the value bible for anyone looking to sell a vehicle on the open market, has downgraded the value of recalled Toyotas multiple times in the last week, including the once-coveted 2010 Toyota Prius, the most popular hybrid on the market.

chicagotribune.com - 2010

Kelley Blue Book, considered the value bible for anyone looking to sell a vehicle on the open market, has downgraded the value of recalled Toyotas multiple times in the last week, including the once-coveted 2010 Toyota Prius, the most popular hybrid on the market.

chicagotribune.com - 2010

Kelley Blue Book, considered the value bible for anyone looking to sell a vehicle on the open market, has downgraded the value of recalled Toyotas multiple times in the last week, including the once-coveted 2010 Toyota Prius, the most popular hybrid on the market.

chicagotribune.com - 2010