prized possession

collocation in English

meaningsofprizedandpossession

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prized
adjective
uk
/praɪzd/us
/praɪzd/
considered valuable ...
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possession
noun
uk
/pəˈzeʃ.ən/us
/pəˈzeʃ.ən/
the fact that you have or ...
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(Definition ofprizedandpossessionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprized possession

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The five-day week agreement was a tremendous achievement and aprizedpossession.
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Often it is a highlyprizedpossessionand the major purchase for many families.
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She has a rent book—a mostprizedpossession—a key to her own door, and the front door, the use of bath, kitchen, scullery, cooker, washboiler, etc.
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To gain a place was indeed aprizedpossessionfor both boys and their parents.
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The other animals would trail behind as his trophies andprizedpossession, to the land of unbridled comfort and luxury.
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It leads to the king's mostprizedpossession.
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Many attended the imminent premiere that celebrated the citysprizedpossession.
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The next morning he tosses her a few dollars and takes her mostprizedpossession, her crucifix necklace.
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Literacy went from theprizedpossessionof the select few to a much broader section of the population (though by no means universal).
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He puts mostprizedpossessionis his harp (which he calls it a violin) as he often plays it to entertain ladies.
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The blue willow plate is theprizedpossessionof a young girl of a migrant worker family.
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The buckle was perhaps the single mostprizedpossessionof the corps members.
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It was her mostprizedpossession.
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Today, many collectors thrill to this lack of quality control since impurities (adding unique character) make aprizedpossessionfrom what would normally be a common, low valued insulator.
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Hisprizedpossessionwas his blue bucket.
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