: 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
Examples of Nobel Prize in a Sentence
He won the Nobel Prize for economics.
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Three economists who have devoted their careers to studying poverty alleviation won the Nobel Prize in economics.
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JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
High Culture French writer Annie Ernaux wins the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature
Many were expecting extremism survivor and free speech advocate Salman Rushdie to take home the Nobel Prize in Literature, but Annie Ernaux beat him to it.
—Big Think, 24 June 2024
Trump’s attack conveniently ignores the economic facts: as Nobel Prize Laureate Paul Romer wrote this week, inflation as measured by CPI is about 2.8% and still falling, which Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell celebrated last week as down from a high of over 7%.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 20 June 2024
Mexico's new president, Claudia Sheinbaum, is a Nobel Prize winning climate scientist who has vowed to amp up renewables.
—Janet Wilson, USA TODAY, 13 June 2024
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JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
High Culture French writer Annie Ernaux wins the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature
Many were expecting extremism survivor and free speech advocate Salman Rushdie to take home the Nobel Prize in Literature, but Annie Ernaux beat him to it.
—Big Think, 24 June 2024
Trump’s attack conveniently ignores the economic facts: as Nobel Prize Laureate Paul Romer wrote this week, inflation as measured by CPI is about 2.8% and still falling, which Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell celebrated last week as down from a high of over 7%.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 20 June 2024
Mexico's new president, Claudia Sheinbaum, is a Nobel Prize winning climate scientist who has vowed to amp up renewables.
—Janet Wilson, USA TODAY, 13 June 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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