1
as in prying
to draw out by force or with effort
prizing the stubborn nails out of the board
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2
as in pulling
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 valuing
to hold dear
veterinarians know that pets are highly prized by their owners
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Recent Examples of prizing
Hazlitt, 3 Dec. 2025
Historically, some of Miami’s most desirable real estate has been crowded along the beachfronts of the metropolitan area, with businesses and wealthy white residential enclaves prizing shore views and beach access.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025
Waters, who opened the Berkeley restaurant Chez Panisse in 1971, is the chef most closely identified with the farm-to-table movement, which shares an affinity with MAHA in prizing sustainably grown, locally sourced whole foods; from that same soil grew the farm-to-school movement.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
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Rather than prizing animals for their beauty, their virile traits or their straight-up cool characteristics, frogposting is all about vulnerable animals—the dweebs of the animal kingdom.
—Hazlitt, 3 Dec. 2025
Historically, some of Miami’s most desirable real estate has been crowded along the beachfronts of the metropolitan area, with businesses and wealthy white residential enclaves prizing shore views and beach access.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025
Waters, who opened the Berkeley restaurant Chez Panisse in 1971, is the chef most closely identified with the farm-to-table movement, which shares an affinity with MAHA in prizing sustainably grown, locally sourced whole foods; from that same soil grew the farm-to-school movement.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
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“Prizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prizing. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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