1
as in valuable
commanding a large price
diamonds and other precious stones
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2
as in cherished
granted special treatment or attention
parents who refuse to hear the slightest criticism of their precious children
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3
as in dear
having qualities that tend to make one loved
a precious friend for whom I would do anything
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Recent Examples of precious
The smaller things in life are so much more precious.
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Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025
Because time is precious as a CEO.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
This is a tureen not too precious to use but fancy enough to impress.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 4 Nov. 2025
It was generally made of a precious or semiprecious stone such as lapis lazuli, agate or chalcedony.
—Serdar Yalçin, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
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Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025
Because time is precious as a CEO.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
This is a tureen not too precious to use but fancy enough to impress.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 4 Nov. 2025
It was generally made of a precious or semiprecious stone such as lapis lazuli, agate or chalcedony.
—Serdar Yalçin, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for precious
Recent Examples of Synonyms for precious
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Most teams could use a hitter like Schwarber in the lineup, especially considering how valuable slugging has become in the modern era.—
Nelson Espinal,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Nov. 2025
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SeatGeek co-founder Eric Waller said the company has refined its rules around bots while still restricting them to prevent scalpers from coming in and automatically buying valuable seats.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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The Super-Italian cookbook author posted a different tribute last week for one of her cherished pets.—
Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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Similarly, some music influencers have begun piloting live-listening and album-playback sessions on Twitch—an attempt to transplant a cherished artifact of the analogue era into the digital world.—
Jonathan Garrett,
The Atlantic,
29 Oct. 2025
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For them, socialism has meant only a hankering for state tyranny and brazen assaults on property rights that, together, threaten the beliefs every patriotic citizen holds dear.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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That, dear reader, is a mission worth pursuing.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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If auto insurance with one carrier is more expensive than with another, a discount may not offset the difference.—
Liz Knueven,
CNBC,
10 Nov. 2025
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Why are consumers facing more expensive Affordable Care Act health insurance?—
Ken Alltucker,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
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But after 9/11, Tagliabue showed a different side, particularly toward league employees who had lost loved ones in the attacks.—
NPR,
NPR,
9 Nov. 2025
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Preserving income, insurance and retirement Financial security also depends on preserving income and protecting loved ones.—
Bruce Helmer,
Twin Cities,
8 Nov. 2025
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Between Kim's eyebrows, Kendall's silly face and adorable newborn Kylie, Kris certainly had a full house.—
Andrea Wurzburger,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
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To make these adorable wine cork place cards, cut a horizontal slit across the top of the wine cork and slide in a place card.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Nov. 2025
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Norwood also argued that the company did not look at other less costly options.—
Sydney Sasser,
Arkansas Online,
7 Nov. 2025
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The production has been costly, so results need to be good for the show, which comes from the same creatives behind High Water – a show about a huge central European flood in 1997.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025
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There are love letters to the dead in Lasky’s life interwoven into these essays, including to her father (a judge who died, slowly, from Alzheimer’s), her artist mother, her dog Lucy, beloved poet friends, Mayer herself.—
Diana Arterian,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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The set was comprised of songs from across the beloved group’s discography, including The Bends (1995), OK Computer (1997), Kid A (2000), Amnesiac (2001), Hail to the Thief (2003), In Rainbows (2007), The King of Limbs (2011) and A Moon Shaped Pool (2016).—
Andrew Flanagan,
Variety,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Precious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precious. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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