: 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 October, with three more of her novels now available in English and at least 20 other languages, the Swedish Academy awarded Han the Nobel Prize, elevating her to the empyrean realm reserved for writers of what is sometimes called world literature.
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Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2025
Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James Robinson won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics in recognition of their work on the role of inclusive institutions in delivering prosperity.
—Katherine Tai, Foreign Affairs, 9 Jan. 2025
The fund’s team included two Nobel Prize winners and some of the shrewdest figures to emerge from Wall Street.
—The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2025
The Thomas Mann House is a two-story villa completed in 1942 for writer and Nobel Prize laureate Mann and his family.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2025
Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James Robinson won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics in recognition of their work on the role of inclusive institutions in delivering prosperity.
—Katherine Tai, Foreign Affairs, 9 Jan. 2025
The fund’s team included two Nobel Prize winners and some of the shrewdest figures to emerge from Wall Street.
—The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2025
The Thomas Mann House is a two-story villa completed in 1942 for writer and Nobel Prize laureate Mann and his family.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Nobel Prize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Nobel%20Prize. Accessed 23 Jan. 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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