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- noun Plural form of
prize .
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Examples
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It just seems like the Jennings 30+ day winning streak and over $1 million in prizes is a scam to bring Jeopardy ratings it hasn't seen in many years!
"This Is Ken!" 2004
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Aniston and Hunter will receive the title prizes, respectively, for their diverse careers in both film and TV.
Variety.com 2009
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I won Iron Cupcake: Earth last month, and one of the prizes is the book Hello, Cupcake!
WHAT A DAY! 2009
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I won Iron Cupcake: Earth last month, and one of the prizes is the book Hello, Cupcake!
Archive 2009-07-01 2009
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All you have to do to win the prizes is answer the trivia questions that we will post on the next few Wednesdays.
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And what the era of YouTube and social media prizes is authenticity, improvisation, rough edges.
Only Connect 2008
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And what the era of YouTube and social media prizes is authenticity, improvisation, rough edges.
Only Connect 2008
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For my part I want when I go to my home -- when I turn from the arena where man contends with man for what we call the prizes of this paltry world -- I want to go back, not to be received in the masculine embrace of some female ward politician, but to the earnest, loving look and touch of a true woman.
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{63} They are not to get what we call the prizes of life, the social notoriety and position, but they are to have the leadership of their time and its remembrance when they are gone.
Mornings in the College Chapel Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal Religion Francis Greenwood Peabody 1891
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Lots of young fellows have passed me in the race -- what they call the prizes of life didn't seem to me worth the trouble of the struggle.
The History of Pendennis, Volume 2 His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
GHibbs commented on the word prizes
Part of the verbs 'to prize'.
March 25, 2012