How to Use prize money in a Sentence

prize money

noun
  • The pool of prize money was set to grow for the Feb. 21 drawing.
    Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 19 Feb. 2024
  • The winners have 180 days from the day of the draw to claim their prize money.
    Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 29 June 2024
  • Then the bulk of the prize money goes to the person who caught the largest white marlin.
    Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Somewhat unique to Chefs vs. Wild is the lack of prize money for the winner.
    Briana Riddock, Outside Online, 26 Sep. 2022
  • With no winner, the pool of prize money is set to grow for the Wednesday draw.
    Raphael Romero Ruiz, The Arizona Republic, 6 Sep. 2023
  • So the championship, along with $1,800 in prize money, went to Rawls.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 26 Oct. 2023
  • With no winner, the prize money pool is set to grow for the May 22 drawing.
    Raphael Romero Ruiz, The Arizona Republic, 21 May 2024
  • Each of the winning golfers earned $1.242 million in prize money.
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Harry and Beaux left the island with the prize money and as a couple.
    Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 19 Jan. 2022
  • In his shock and grief, Gi-hun refuses to spend the prize money for over a year.
    Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 Dec. 2021
  • For the first time, U.S. track and field gold medalists will receive prize money at the Olympics.
    Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2024
  • Now, the prize money may help the family’s goal of getting a new house.
    Simone Jasper, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • With no winner, the pool of prize money is set to grow for the Saturday, Sept. 9, draw.
    Raphael Romero Ruiz, The Arizona Republic, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Along with the award, prize money was awarded to Simpson and Vanek.
    Marc Hayot, Arkansas Online, 21 Jan. 2022
  • With no winner, the pool of prize money is set to grow for Wednesday night's draw.
    Raphael Romero Ruiz, The Arizona Republic, 30 Aug. 2023
  • There’s a lot of prize money to be doled out to this year’s New York City Marathon winners.
    Nadav Gavrielov, New York Times, 6 Nov. 2022
  • Waiting at the end of it all: a trophy dubbed the NBA Cup and a pool of prize money worth around $18 million.
    Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The prize money at the US Open has seen considerable growth over the years.
    Maddie Garfinkle, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2024
  • Of those games, several of them were for prize money and 25 of them were live streamed.
    Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Her current focus is the prize money at the Women’s World Cup.
    Tariq Panja, New York Times, 24 July 2023
  • Once the prize money gets to the players, each team decides how to distribute it.
    Rachel Bachman, WSJ, 3 Dec. 2022
  • The drawing for the prize money will be on Tuesday, which will be the 24th roll for it since the jackpot was last won on April 18 in New York.
    Alex Lo, NBC News, 8 July 2023
  • The bulk of the sport’s 1,300 tournaments are far-flung and offer little prize money.
    Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
  • In 1986, the BAA started to award prize money for the top male and female finishers.
    Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2022
  • The prize money is to be split between the producers and the directors of the winning film.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 2 July 2024
  • From bike and boat rentals to nature guides to a post-hike massage, use this prize money to play, eat, and relax.
    Outside Online, 20 July 2022
  • The largest amount of prize money in the show’s history will be offered this season.
    Katie Song, Variety, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Many people are focusing on the prize money, but the money is just like the cherry on top of the milkshake.
    Stephanie Tharpe, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The prize money will be split between the producers and the directors of the winning film.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 2 July 2024
  • More about the Nobels Baker gets half of the $1-million prize money while Hassabis and Jumper share the other half.
    Daniel Niemann, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024

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