- comparative of dear.
dearer
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, what got cheaper diverged sharply from what got dearer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
"We bring our children and teenagers alongside us so they can see military training, and whenever our leader, dearer than our lives, gives the command, we will all come to the field," she told AFP.
From Barron's ● May 19, 2026
"You can give away lots of points, but if you're £5 dearer than your competitor, people will swap anyway."
From BBC ● May 10, 2026
“The freedom I had before the money was paid was dearer to me,” Ms. Jacobs wrote.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2023
I preferred the other books, the moderns, which were of course much dearer.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
