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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 2026 prize recognizes the theoretical and experimental advances that established altermagnetism as a new fundamental form of collinear magnetic order.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

But it’s increasingly clear that voters prize certain aspects of the economy more highly than others, at least right now.

From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026

The book has become shrouded in suspicion and been withdrawn from the shortlist for France's top book prize, the Goncourt, after tests with AI detector Pangram indicated a 100 percent probability it contained computer-generated text.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

We calculated these figures by taking published prize money from the relevant seasons.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

“Why are you assuming the prize is money?”

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

The first very high notes I heard sung by a man were on John McCormack’s old recordings, made in the first decades of the 20th century; they were prized items in my grandmother’s collection.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

High quality decorated vessels would likely have circulated widely and been prized throughout the community.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

Now 47 and living in Dunfermline, Fife, Kevin says his prized possession was one that brought together his two sporting loves.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

The companies argued that the threat carries real weight, calling Miramax “a prized asset” whose library will help attract streaming subscribers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

The cocoon, which was prized for its silk thread.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman

It begins in vulnerability—a future cold day, redeemed by tonight’s memory—and ends in a plea that the beloved change nothing, prizing acceptance over perfection.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

The Monster survey showed recent grads are prizing job security over career growth.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 3, 2026

Kourtney accused Kim of using her wedding as a “business opportunity,” prizing money over their relationship.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2023

If anything, nongkrong is anti-productive and anti-serious, prizing a capacious sense of companionship over any arbitrary valuation of time.

From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2022

Another thing I had in common with crows: our habit of prizing the poorest of riches.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk

And there have been, of course, prizes, including a Netflix movie, the Spanish maximalist melodrama “La Bola Negra,” winning Toronto’s People’s Choice Award.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Winner of the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, still among the most prestigious prizes any movie can claim, “Fjord” aims for both a quiet, subtle power and the directness of a sledgehammer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

The vast majority of awards were doled out offstage during an evening far better known for its performances and stage antics than its prizes.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Moscow city officials said those who cast their votes electronically would be entered into a lottery, with prizes including subscriptions to music- and video-streaming services.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

All of them sit on folding wooden chairs, like graduating students who are about to be given prizes.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood


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