Choose and Prize

Choose

Choose verb - To decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities.

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Prize and choose are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prize" instead a verb "Choose".

Nearby Words: choosy, choosing, choosey, chooser

Prize verb - To draw out by force or with effort.

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Choose and prize are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Choose" instead a verb "Prize".

Nearby Words: prized, prizing

That said, since the minor prizes are things like pencils and small plastic toys and the major prizes are usually video game consoles or iPods, not too many people choose the consolation prize.

Source: Consolation Prize
Bet it has its own Aarne-Thompson index, but in any case, if your hero prize is a gift horse, always choose the horse that looks like this trope.

Source: The Alleged Steed
A prize winner may choose to not to attend the ceremony and turn down the prize money, but the Nobel Committees will not remove your name from the list of winners.

Source: Artistic License Awards

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