Example Sentences

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

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

No one would argue that film, as an art form or a business, benefited from the prizing of the few to the detriment of the many.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2023

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

Another thing I had in common with crows: our habit of prizing the poorest of riches.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk