- present tense form of prize (3rd person singular).
prizes
Example Sentences
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The California Lottery has raised more than $1.1 billion for public schools in unclaimed prizes since 1985 when tickets first went on sale.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Before his death three decades later he arranged to leave most of his fortune to establish the annual prizes that now bear the family’s name.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
He won two Nobel prizes and transformed our understanding of chemical bonds and the structure of proteins.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
Citizen detectives like Diarra Brickland, who arranges her messy life around ensuring that the people and prizes typically overlooked or quietly erased by the mainstream keep being seen, are even less common.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
There were two dozen tightly rolled, never-used silk umbrellas in that closet; prizes she had won.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
