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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). 

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The reaction that powers the sun has long been considered the ultimate clean-energy prize.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

The benefit for the stars themselves varies, but whether the result is more prize money, more followers, more brand deals or, yes, more reality TV offers, the opportunities can be plentiful.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

As if the incentive of winning football's top prize wasn't enough, players are also offered financial bonuses by their national associations.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Whichever show ultimately takes the prize, the season seemed like a flashing warning sign indicating that, at the risk of being a wolf-crying boy, the commercial musical theater continues sliding toward life-support levels.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

“And we have decided to award the prize for Best Costume to...Humphrey.”

From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney




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