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prize

[prahyz] / praɪz /






Usage

What are other ways to say prize? To prize is to value highly and cherish. To appreciate is to exercise wise judgment, delicate perception, and keen insight in realizing the worth of something. To esteem is to feel respect combined with a warm, kindly feeling. To value is to attach importance to a thing because of its worth (material or otherwise). 

Example Sentences

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But it does seem somewhat contradictory to slate Arsenal for their style when they fall short, then carp when they reach March in firm contention for all four major prizes.

From BBC

That’s the consolation prize for losing the entire U.S. government as a customer.

From The Wall Street Journal

That box of photos of him would be my prized possession.

From The Wall Street Journal

With motion picture ensemble and lead male actor prizes Sunday, ‘Sinners’ keeps its best picture hopes alive.

From Los Angeles Times

The company prizes ephemerality in a quasi-Buddhist way: They treat their pieces like mandalas, spending a month gathering grains of sand only to blow them away at the end.

From Los Angeles Times