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cherished

  • past participle
    of cherish.
    cherish
    verb (used with object)
    to hold or treat as dear; feel love for.
  • past tense form
    of cherish.
    cherish
    verb (used with object)
    to hold or treat as dear; feel love for.

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Spain's cherished tourist hotspot of Granada was in shock on Saturday after a rare 5.0-magnitude earthquake woke residents in the middle of the night and damaged buildings.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

While several albums by the Band have become cherished parts of the classic rock canon, Levon never raked in big money.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

"I won't stand by while these cherished local spaces disappear, replaced by boarded-up windows and 'For Sale' signs," he wrote.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

Legendary Pictures, the production company behind the Godzilla movies, described Hottle as a "cherished member" of the production.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

And here she was now, over those boulders and parched hills, with a home of her own, a husband of her own, heading toward one final, cherished province: Motherhood.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini