sentimental value
noun
: importance to someone because of a connection with a happy time of life, a special person, etc.
The picture has sentimental value for me.
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Crime victims lost personal items that were not necessary for police investigations, the complaint claimed, but had sentimental value and personal importance.
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Madeleine O'Neill, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2024
My mum tends to keep anything with sentimental value: my baby clothes, toys, drawings, report cards, and yearbooks.
—Sofía Aguilar, refinery29.com, 7 Mar. 2024
Their parents may die, leaving behind a house full of items that hold sentimental value.
—Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 15 July 2024
The partnership celebrates style as a form of self-expression both on and off the court, and the way jewelry can elevate any look with its aesthetic and sentimental value.
—Erin Lassner, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Madeleine O'Neill, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2024
My mum tends to keep anything with sentimental value: my baby clothes, toys, drawings, report cards, and yearbooks.
—Sofía Aguilar, refinery29.com, 7 Mar. 2024
Their parents may die, leaving behind a house full of items that hold sentimental value.
—Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 15 July 2024
The partnership celebrates style as a form of self-expression both on and off the court, and the way jewelry can elevate any look with its aesthetic and sentimental value.
—Erin Lassner, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Sentimental value.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sentimental%20value. Accessed 14 Sep. 2024.
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