prizing 1 of 2

verb (1)

present participle of prize
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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prizing

2 of 2

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
Verb
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prizing
  1. prying
  2. pulling
  3. valuing
  4. extracting
  5. loving
  6. yanking
  7. appreciating
  8. plucking
Verb
  • 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
Definition of prying
Verb
  • 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
Definition of pulling
Verb
  • Unrivaled, the women’s three-on-three basketball league, announced that its Series C fundraise has surpassed an initial $100 million target and is now oversubscribed — valuing the league at $650 million.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Ross's journey began reluctantly, encouraged by her father, with parents fostering internal motivation and valuing effort over winning.
    — Tim Genske, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of valuing
Verb
  • Against that backdrop, Pina’s speech asserted the platform should be regarded as a partner to television, rather than a tech giant extracting audiences and value from it.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Lynn was reluctant to take credit for extracting the performance from Curry.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of extracting
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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
  • The episode feinted toward genuine rapprochement before yanking the rug out, leaving the Gang pelted with an industrial-grade indoor blizzard and then happily chucking rocks at passing trains, as was Mac and Charlie’s childhood tradition.
    — Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 28 July 2026
  • The tentacular Scylla is seen briefly but makes an impact, yanking sailors off Odysseus’s ship in a series of loud jump scares.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 July 2026
Definition of yanking
Verb
  • Investors aren't appreciating the full scope of the ambition behind SpaceX's decision to build a $100 billion spaceport in Louisiana, according to Adam Jonas.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The timing of the Rock Hall achievement isn’t lost on Stevens, who’s currently on tour with Idol and has, in recent years, observed a new demographic of younger fans appreciating their music like never before.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 21 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
Definition of plucking

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“Prizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prizing. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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