: any of various annual prizes (as in peace, literature, medicine) established by the will of Alfred Nobel for the encouragement of persons who work for the interests of humanity
called also Nobel
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He won the Nobel Prize for economics.
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On this day in 1898: Marie and Pierre Curie first isolated radium, research that led to them receiving half of a 1903 Nobel Prize for Physics along with Henri Becquerel, who discovered radioactivity in 1896.
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Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 26 Dec. 2024
And say hello to K-literature, following author Han Kang in 2024 becoming the first Korean and first Asian woman to win the Nobel Prize in literature.
—Curtis S. Chin and Jose B. Collazo, CNBC, 25 Dec. 2024
Following the discovery, Higgs won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2013.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 25 Dec. 2024
Both of those authors were awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for their novels and other work.
—Jim Saunders, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
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Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 26 Dec. 2024
And say hello to K-literature, following author Han Kang in 2024 becoming the first Korean and first Asian woman to win the Nobel Prize in literature.
—Curtis S. Chin and Jose B. Collazo, CNBC, 25 Dec. 2024
Following the discovery, Higgs won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2013.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 25 Dec. 2024
Both of those authors were awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for their novels and other work.
—Jim Saunders, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Nobel Prize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Nobel%20Prize. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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Nobel Prize
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No·bel Prize
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: an annual prize (as in literature, medicine, peace) established by the will of Alfred Nobel for the encouragement of people who work for the interests of humanity
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