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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Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
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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 13 Oct. 2025.
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