prize
noun
a reward for victory or superiority, as in a contest or competition.
Example Sentences
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Instead, Starc took four wickets in six deliveries with the new ball, first prizing out Ryan Rickelton for 42 and Marco Jansen 52.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
It begins in vulnerability—a future cold day, redeemed by tonight’s memory—and ends in a plea that the beloved change nothing, prizing acceptance over perfection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
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
Both were thoroughgoing materialists, not in prizing possessions but in holding that matter alone provided the underpinnings of the world.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
