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[trezh-er] / ˈtrɛʒ ər /




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The National Museum of China holds a smaller example of this type dearly enough to have declared it a national treasure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Trautman was born in 1907 in Mowrystown, Ohio, a small community where books were scarce, and he learned to treasure them from a young age.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Dame Esther's advice: "Live each day as if it's your last and treasure every moment"

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Winterich’s own children, she told me, treasure a recording of their great-grandmother reading a story, because they would never otherwise have heard what she sounded like.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

To those who based the value of the objects salvaged from a shipwreck on their resale value, the Shinan vessel was indeed a treasure ship.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

She assured the committee, “I love the United States of America. I consider it the privilege of my career to help preserve its treasures and serve the American people.”

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

Even their small museums are rich with treasures, but typically their guards are unarmed, acting more as visitors’ guides than protectors of the art.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

In that spirit, having explored the entire museum, I suspect that Lucas’ goal isn’t just to invite people to view his treasures.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Yet, while archaeologists have long focused on preserving these treasures, the people themselves were often forgotten.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026

Then the aged King heaped a car with splendid treasures, the best in Troy, and went over the plain to the Greek camp.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

For the rest of America, these gaffes become our treasured pastime: Schadenfreude theater.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

That, combined with seas that have already risen over the past century due to human-caused climate change, puts California’s treasured coast in the oceanic crosshairs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Hari Prasad Rimal returned to his home in the village of Devighat, hoping to recover treasured belongings -- not least some jewellery and cash.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

Nora L. Rubel’s “Recipes for the Melting Pot” is an overdue examination of this treasured volume.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

I felt the rage and hatred one has toward non- appreciators, toward those who through ignorance destroy a treasured plan.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

But the set flew by, and the only reason I checked my watch was to check how much time we had left with the band, treasuring every second.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

"I hope you can now move on with your life, remembering the boys as you knew them, and treasuring the happy times you spent with them."

From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2025

Fill each pear with a scoop of ice cream, drizzle with honey, top with several grinds of pepper and eat immediately while treasuring the trees, the bees, summertime, life in general — all of it.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 1, 2023

“Now that it was becoming rarer for him, he was treasuring those experiences.”

From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2023

I listened to his soothing voice, treasuring every word as he began a tale about the boy by the river.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo


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