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prize

[prahyz] / praɪz /






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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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After its premiere at the Venice Film Festival last week, "NAZA" received a record-breaking 25-minute ovation and later won the special jury prize.

From Barron's Sep. 17, 2026

A grand prize of $10,000 and a mounted catfish trophy were at stake.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

When Ami Shuttleworth and her fiance Chris Smith were told they had won £10,000 in a pay-to-enter competition, they immediately knew how they would spend their prize.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

Later, he took the stage to accept the lead comedy actor prize for his optimistic but skeptical take on a mayor of a small, haunted island town in Apple TV’s horror comedy “Widow’s Bay.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2026

Eugene didn’t win first prize, but neither did Alice.

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson

Property donations aren’t unheard of in settlement agreements, but Haage said this is the first she can remember in Malibu, where land is prized and residents consistently get fined for blocking public access.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

In three years, Jon Rahm has gone from LIV’s prized acquisition to the superstar who will play an outsize role in determining whether the league can continue to exist.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

St. John Bosco is starting the season without its two prized transfer students, offensive tackle Elisha Mueller and defensive back Kingston Fatu, who will will be eligible on Sept. 28.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2026

As Europe bakes in yet another heatwave, German winegrower Florian Weingart has scattered straw on the ground to keep moisture trapped in the earth and protect his prized vines from extreme temperatures.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

There was no time to carefully sift through our prized possessions or to label neatly packed boxes.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

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

From MarketWatch Apr. 3, 2026

To her critics, Breed closed with a quote from Theodore Roosevelt prizing the person who strives in spite of setbacks rather than the naysayer who carps from the sidelines.

From Seattle Times Mar. 7, 2024

And maybe, like we did back then, we can say sure, yes, while prizing every tomato we harvest and understanding that we don't have the staff to hold back the inevitable weed takeover.

From Salon May 21, 2023

There is a fundamental American tension between prizing individual achievement and promoting the collective spirit of the nation’s egalitarian promise, between the call to be colorblind and the call not to be blind to racism.

From New York Times Feb. 15, 2023

Both were thoroughgoing materialists, not in prizing possessions but in holding that matter alone provided the underpinnings of the world.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Many of this year's prizes have already been handed out at the earlier Creative Arts Emmys, leaving only the most high-profile categories for the big night.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

Entering the evening with 25 nominations, “The Pitt” and its star Noah Wyle were favored to take home the top prizes in their categories, and they did.

From Salon Sep. 15, 2026

Widow's Bay, DTF St Louis, Slow Horses, The Bear and Abbott Elementary are also competing for prizes at the ceremony, which is seen as the US television industry's most prestigious event.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

The show has scooped up six prizes so far, including two for actors David Harbour and Linda Cardellini.

From Barron's Sep. 12, 2026

Mitch: You could give BIG boxes of tissues for your prizes.

From "Doing Time Online" by Jan Siebold




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