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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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Muller beat more experienced players to the prize in 2010 - by a whisker.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

In the series’ hierarchy of importance, love comes before work, but friendship, as the Spice Girls sang, is the real prize.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

High-profile literary agents started knocking on Doyle's door after the opening chapter of Communion won the Writer's and Artist's Yearbook working class writers' prize.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

Chan bemoaned the government's slowness to act, citing that Taiwan's machines must offer a "guaranteed prize" if a certain amount of money is spent.

From Barron's • May 31, 2026

I stand beside him, watching him work, and can’t help but notice that the grand prize is, in fact, a giant green lizard.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam




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