as in price
something offered or given in return for a service performed
there was a reward of $50 for the return of the missing cat
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as in to honor
to give something as a token of gratitude or admiration for a service or achievement
the firefighters were rewarded by the city for their heroic actions
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Recent Examples of reward
Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 13 June 2025
Materialists takes the risks seriously, without ever underselling the rewards.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 13 June 2025
Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 12 June 2025
Two others, on reducing FOIL response times for agencies and on strengthening when attorneys’ fees can be rewarded, have been approved by the Senate in years past and need to win Assembly passage this year.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 11 June 2025
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Noun
He was given his reward when Thibaut Courtois and Andriy Lunin were injured for that Valencia game, although the loss left a bittersweet taste for Gonzalez.
—Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 13 June 2025
Materialists takes the risks seriously, without ever underselling the rewards.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 13 June 2025
Verb
Americans often voice frustration over the ubiquity of tipping these days, but that hasn't stopped them from giving generously to reward good service.
—Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 12 June 2025
Two others, on reducing FOIL response times for agencies and on strengthening when attorneys’ fees can be rewarded, have been approved by the Senate in years past and need to win Assembly passage this year.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reward
Noun
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That would pretty clearly imply a price below current Tesla models.—
Brooke Crothers,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Clark’s absence lowered prices for Saturday’s game, but fans were eager for the matchup.—
Kalen Lumpkins,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2025
Verb
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Nas will deliver a powerful set, and Doug E. Fresh will honor ESSENCE’s 55th anniversary with a performance of the ages.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
10 June 2025
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Film Forum in New York City will be hosting a special retrospective to honor the late auteur, including the U.S. premieres of a slew of 4K restorations of Kurosawa’s most beloved films.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
9 June 2025
Noun
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For those looking for a tease of where Eve could go next, director Len Wiseman says to pay attention to the bounty on Eve at the end of the movie.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
8 June 2025
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When the hit goes sideways, Wick finds himself with a massive bounty on his head and every assassin in the world gunning for him.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
6 June 2025
Verb
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The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded in part to Deepmind’s Demis Hassabis and John Jumper for the development of AlphaFold–an AI model that predicts the structure of proteins, the complex chemicals essential to making our bodies work.—
Alex Knapp,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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She was awarded an Emmy for Scripps News doc In Real Life: Plastic Time Bomb in 2023.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
6 June 2025
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Lockridge made his major league debut on my birthday, which is probably a bonus fact only interesting to me.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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The second full bath has a private entrance from the second bedroom, but also an entry off the second floor hall, allowing it to be shared with the bonus room or fifth bedroom.—
James Alexander,
Hartford Courant,
8 June 2025
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“Reward.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reward. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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