as in expensive
commanding a large price
an extremely valuable diamond necklace
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Recent Examples of valuable
Andrew Paul Aug 7, Popular Science, 7 Aug. 2025
And don’t leave your valuables lying around where they can be spotted through a window.
—Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 31 July 2025
Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025
Perhaps that’s why Slot persisted with five players across the front line and kept midfielder Ryan Gravenberch at centre-back, rather than introducing Joe Gomez as an extra layer of security to protect what would have been a valuable point.
—Gregg Evans, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Survivors who couldn’t find ways to leave the area were stuck there, while wanderers likely arrived to scour for valuables and other items left behind.
—Andrew Paul Aug 7, Popular Science, 7 Aug. 2025
And don’t leave your valuables lying around where they can be spotted through a window.
—Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 31 July 2025
Noun
San Diego cleaning crews clear thousands of homeless encampments each year, and the city has a process for storing and returning certain valuable belongings seized during those sweeps.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025
Perhaps that’s why Slot persisted with five players across the front line and kept midfielder Ryan Gravenberch at centre-back, rather than introducing Joe Gomez as an extra layer of security to protect what would have been a valuable point.
—Gregg Evans, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for valuable
Adjective
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What helped make desktop inkjets practical was the introduction of the very same cartridges that made ink so expensive.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
30 Sep. 2025
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Kinethreads demonstrates that high-quality haptics no longer need to be locked behind expensive, rigid exoskeletons.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Wahlberg, 54, plays a professional thief who recruits a new team in an attempt to rob a treasure recently recovered from the depths of the ocean.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
28 Sep. 2025
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American budgets, jobs, health, welfare and environmental treasures cannot afford more energy fantasies, especially offshore wind.—
Craig Rucker,
Boston Herald,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The verdict is still out as to whether September’s pullback in cattle futures is a temporary pause in an ongoing climb higher or the first sign of lasting relief in a costly beef cycle.—
Natasha Abellard,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
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But its stock’s advance has lagged that of rival GM as costly recalls to fix quality defects have detracted from Farley’s strategic refocusing and efforts to improve profit margins.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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September was a windfall month for the world’s wealthiest.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Oct. 2025
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But the ones who benefit the most are clearly the 32 owners who currently have teams and can land an enormous windfall with a sale at any time.—
James Mirtle,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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And trust—the most precious resource in any health crisis—will continue to erode.—
Dr. Nikki Romanik,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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There was precious little executive-level experience either.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This month a super-practical find—a gadget for opening cans without joint pain—a gluten-free pasta that even gluten-loving folks can get behind, and a new masala chai from one of our favorite spice companies.—
Alaina Chou,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
30 Sep. 2025
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The latest find is one of many ship discoveries that the WHS helped facilitate over the past few months.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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That haul includes grosses from advance fan-first screenings on Tuesday, which played premium large-format auditoriums.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
27 Sep. 2025
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Doubled monthly payments The premium tax credits cut Lester Johnson's monthly payments in half.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The chance to get his life back is nothing short of a godsend, but Taylor is warned that his last months need to be entirely mistake-free.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
12 Sep. 2025
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For people eager to get their hands on a slimmer, easier to hold device, the iPhone Air is going to feel like a godsend.—
Bob O’Donnell,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Valuable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/valuable. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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