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won a gold-plated statuette as the prize
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Awards for movies include Oscars, Golden Globes, and Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards, and the prize is a gold statuette or slime.
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Grace Henes, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2024
While officially named the Academy Award of Merit, the statuette is affectionately known as Oscar, a nickname popularized by Academy librarian Margaret Herrick and adopted by the Academy in 1939.
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Now Thalberg winners get regular Oscar statuettes, an odd move that takes away some of the historical heft of the prize itself, but certainly not its worth or importance.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 18 Nov. 2024
Jones was honored with an honorary Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award—which is an Oscar statuette—in 1995.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Grace Henes, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2024
While officially named the Academy Award of Merit, the statuette is affectionately known as Oscar, a nickname popularized by Academy librarian Margaret Herrick and adopted by the Academy in 1939.
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Now Thalberg winners get regular Oscar statuettes, an odd move that takes away some of the historical heft of the prize itself, but certainly not its worth or importance.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 18 Nov. 2024
Jones was honored with an honorary Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award—which is an Oscar statuette—in 1995.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Statuette.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/statuette. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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statuette
noun
stat·u·ette
ˌstach-ə-ˈwet 
: a small statue
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