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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

The Al-Nassr man has eight World Cup goals to his name, one short of Eusebio's Portuguese record, but the ultimate prize is obvious: helping Portugal lift the trophy for the first time.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

"The Akhal-Teke is a wonderful sport horse," a retired vet, 66-year-old Sapargeldy, told AFP at the prize ceremony, declining to give his surname.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

At that time it looked as though the match with Spassky would have a total prize fund of $138,000, the highest amount ever for a chess match.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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