treasure
noun
wealth or riches stored or accumulated, especially in the form of precious metals, money, jewels, or plate.
treasurable
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a word derived from
treasure.
Example Sentences
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She said the 100-page book "is like a faded souvenir, tatty but treasurable for its associations with the fabulous imaginary world that Márquez conjured up in his prime".
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2024
That life force comes through especially vividly in Whoopi Goldberg’s treasurable few scenes as Mamie’s supportive mother, Alma, and also in Hall’s boisterous performance as Emmett, presented here as the most gregarious of jokesters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2022
“Still alive,” as a power of example, is what makes JAM and MoMA’s homage feel treasurable and utopian.
From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2022
Oborne and Roberts usefully memorialise Trump at his most naively tawdry, and preserve some treasurable illiteracies.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 1, 2020
Sometimes as I am falling asleep in a dark, quiet room I have for a moment a great and treasurable illusion of the past.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
