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  • adjective Highly valued, cherished.
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of prize.

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Examples

  • In any case, Obama paid great attention to dismissing any talk of downgraded relations, nearly touching Brown on the arm as he spoke of their growing personal kinship and using the term prized by Britons _ a "special relationship" _ three times.

    phillyBurbs.com: Home RSS feed 2009

  • In any case, Obama paid great attention to dismissing any talk of downgraded relations, nearly touching Brown on the arm as he spoke of their growing personal kinship and using the term prized by Britons _ a "special relationship" _ three times.

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  • In any case, Obama paid great attention to dismissing any talk of downgraded relations, nearly touching Brown on the arm as he spoke of their growing personal kinship and using the term prized by Britons _ a «special relationship» _ three times.

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  • Carnations also featured largely in prized textiles loomed by 17th-century Ottoman Turks (they favored tulips as well) and in Turkish Iznik pottery, which flourished in the 16th and 17th centuries.

    What in Carnation? Lettie Teague 2010

  • Strangely, the approaches to the checkouts were strewn with lonely white-furred bears, deposited amongst the storage boxes, or balanced on shelving units, each, no doubt, prized from the hands of a screaming child.

    IKEA and Polar Bears zornhau 2007

  • Western Sydney is often described as the prized rugby league nursery but it's not on show in the Toyota Cup.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • Western Sydney is often described as the prized rugby league nursery but it's not on show in the Toyota Cup.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • In Ohio, these folks are also called the prized demographic, yet the Obama camp didn't buy air time on WKTX.

    Diane Tucker: Ohio GOP Still Chasing Undecideds; Dems Making Sure Supporters Pull The Lever 2008

  • Cowboys owner Jerry Jones heard Giants defensive end Justin Tuck call his prized new stadium "crappy."

    NYDN Rss 2011

  • Posted: Thursday February 3, 2011 6:38PM ; Updated: Thursday February 3, 2011 6:38PM Columbus Blue Jackets have recalled prized defenseman and former first-round pick John Moore from their American Hockey League affiliate in Springfield, Mass.

    SI.com 2011

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