cherished

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The moral is that, in everyone’s life, there will be one or two occasions when they will need every dollar, so frugality is to be cherished.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

But he added that those two camps, once enemies during the American Revolution, “surely would be delighted that the wounds of war healed into the most cherished friendship.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

“He leaves a lasting imprint on the soundtrack of our lives and the hearts he has lifted. His legacy will be cherished forever,” the tribute concluded.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Against the conventional wisdom that civil rights were fundamentally different from political rights, Black Americans insisted that both were vital to make real America’s most cherished constitutional ideals.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026

His fellow planters cherished him as a visionary for being the first in the region to switch to cotton, leading the profitable charge.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead