PRIZING Synonyms: 103 Similar and Opposite Words

prizing 1 of 2

verb (1)

present participle of prize

as in prying

to draw out by force or with effort prizing the stubborn nails out of the board

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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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prizing

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verb (2)

present participle of prize

as in valuing

to hold dear veterinarians know that pets are highly prized by their owners

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Recent Examples of prizing

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The regime has been hollowed out by decades of negative selection—the result of rewarding mediocrity and prizing ideological loyalty over competence. — Karim Sadjadpour, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2026 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 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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Spanning 42 feet long and more than 14 feet wide, the observatory is designed to explore the outer solar system and beyond – prying into previously unobservable areas of the universe to study dark energy and search for exoplanets.

— Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
This is an uncomplicated yarn about a man prying open his heart and nudging other hard nuts to do the same.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

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Why TikTok livestream selling can drive big sales Three forces are pulling sellers toward livestream commerce, and Duplantis’s numbers reflect all of them.

— Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2026
Wildfire risk is pushing insurers to underwrite hotels based on physical resilience rather than location alone, and carriers are pulling back from some markets entirely.

— Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

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Alo continues to expand rapidly after its big yacht summer; Vuori has surpassed its goal of 100-plus stores by the end of 2026; and the UK’s Adanola secured investment from Story3 Capital, valuing the business at $530 million last year.

— Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2026
After being mostly shut in for more than a year, people were happy to spend and live life to the fullest again, valuing experiences and remote work.

— Medora Lee, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026

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Broadway-loving teens will fall madly in love with this 2001 musical classic about the infamous French nightclub, its star performer Satine, and her poem-writing love Christian—Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor in two of their best roles.

— Kara Nesvig, Parents, 29 Aug. 2026
That said, the evolution aspect of the formula is in its skin-loving ingredients like peptides, niacinamide, and microgreens for skin-smoothing and oil-balancing benefits.

— Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of loving

Verb

Video shows teams of workers yanking ropes to ferry locals who were stranded on an embankment flanked by a flooded river.

— Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026
An Arkansas State Police trooper was captured on dashcam footage yanking the passenger of a vehicle by his hair and punching him in the face after a high-speed chase that ended in the streets of Blytheville.

— Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of yanking

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Still, Cramer said Nvidia could put more of its capital toward an investment Wall Street would have an easier time appreciating — its own stock.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
Caccia noted that consumers increasingly value pieces designed to endure, appreciating clothing that performs better and retains its integrity over time.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of appreciating

Verb

The streamer has found its leading lady for the biopic, plucking an unknown first-timer to play the sertanejo icon.

— Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026
Dramatic photos taken from the scene show a firefighter on a tower ladder plucking a panicked child from a fire escape.

— Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2026

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