: 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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In 2020, the company launched AlphaFold, a breakthrough in biology that can model protein structures and earned the company a Nobel Prize.
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Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2025
Grade was less well known than the Nobel Prize laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer, but was held in greater esteem in some literary quarters.
—Joseph Berger, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
Mechanisms Underlying Human-Animal Relationships The Nobel Prize.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 24 Feb. 2025
The concept of pricing carbon earned Yale economist William Nordhaus a Nobel Prize, and the approach has been upheld in federal court.
—Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 21 Feb. 2025
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Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2025
Grade was less well known than the Nobel Prize laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer, but was held in greater esteem in some literary quarters.
—Joseph Berger, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
Mechanisms Underlying Human-Animal Relationships The Nobel Prize.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 24 Feb. 2025
The concept of pricing carbon earned Yale economist William Nordhaus a Nobel Prize, and the approach has been upheld in federal court.
—Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Nobel Prize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Nobel%20Prize. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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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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