cherished

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She immediately filed away the messy work-in-progress and began writing a fictional ode to a cherished friend, former publishing executive Jim Fox, to whom “Whistler” is dedicated.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Kant had long cherished the freedom that came with being single.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

At the banquet this evening, he called the talks a "cherished" opportunity.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

The moral is that, in everyone’s life, there will be one or two occasions when they will need every dollar, so frugality is to be cherished.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

She thought, Freedom’s a hard-bought thing, not bought with dust, but bought with all of oneself—the bones, the spirit and the flesh—and once obtained it had to be cherished, no matter what the cost.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry