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as in pried
to draw out by force or with effort
prizing the stubborn nails out of the board
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as in pulled
to raise, move, or pull apart with or as if with a lever
trying to prize apart the jammed gears
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as in valued
to hold dear
veterinarians know that pets are highly prized by their owners
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Recent Examples of prized
Grant Wong, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
Seeger also mentored him, linking him to an older generation of folk singers who prized the music’s traditional roots and links to leftist politics.
—Grant Wong, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
Seeger also mentored him, linking him to an older generation of folk singers who prized the music’s traditional roots and links to leftist politics.
—Grant Wong, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
Seeger also mentored him, linking him to an older generation of folk singers who prized the music’s traditional roots and links to leftist politics.
—Grant Wong, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
One of the things Buckley prized about Galbraith was the economist’s excellence of English.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 23 Dec. 2024
One of the things Buckley prized about Galbraith was the economist’s excellence of English.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 23 Dec. 2024
One of the things Buckley prized about Galbraith was the economist’s excellence of English.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 23 Dec. 2024
One of the things Buckley prized about Galbraith was the economist’s excellence of English.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 23 Dec. 2024
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Seeger also mentored him, linking him to an older generation of folk singers who prized the music’s traditional roots and links to leftist politics.
—Grant Wong, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
Seeger also mentored him, linking him to an older generation of folk singers who prized the music’s traditional roots and links to leftist politics.
—Grant Wong, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
Seeger also mentored him, linking him to an older generation of folk singers who prized the music’s traditional roots and links to leftist politics.
—Grant Wong, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
Seeger also mentored him, linking him to an older generation of folk singers who prized the music’s traditional roots and links to leftist politics.
—Grant Wong, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
One of the things Buckley prized about Galbraith was the economist’s excellence of English.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 23 Dec. 2024
One of the things Buckley prized about Galbraith was the economist’s excellence of English.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 23 Dec. 2024
One of the things Buckley prized about Galbraith was the economist’s excellence of English.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 23 Dec. 2024
One of the things Buckley prized about Galbraith was the economist’s excellence of English.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 23 Dec. 2024
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