as in prize
something given in recognition of achievement
the Nobel Prize for Literature is the plume that all authors covet
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Recent Examples of plume
Kyle Martin, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2025
To this day, New Mexico families are being bought out by a firm responsible for toxic plumes.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2025
Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
Not just the confetti, but also pyro in the form of fireballs pluming out from the sides of the stage and sparks showering down from the tops of it.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
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Noun
The board now wants to figure out if fire-fighting foams, which contain the forever chemical, were a significant source of a massive subsurface plume of those substances.
—Kyle Martin, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2025
To this day, New Mexico families are being bought out by a firm responsible for toxic plumes.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2025
Verb
As flames plumed from the stage, mosh pits began to spawn.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
Not just the confetti, but also pyro in the form of fireballs pluming out from the sides of the stage and sparks showering down from the tops of it.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plume
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This year’s Australian Open had a prize pool of around $60 million (AUD $96.5 million) – a near-12% increase on 2024 – while last year’s French Open offered around $59 million (€53.5 million) – a more than 7.8% increase on 2023.—
George Ramsay,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2025
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The first drawing under the new prize structure will be held Tuesday at 11 p.m. Have a news tips?—
Michelle Deal-Zimmerman,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
Verb
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By Esther Zuckerman For a show that prides itself on being, well, live, Saturday Night Live doesn’t usually thrive on engaging its in-studio audience.—
Esther Zuckerman,
The Atlantic,
6 Apr. 2025
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Being Mississippi, a state that prides itself on its southern civility, each time something significant passes in the state legislature, there is a tendency to pretend that change ...—
Douglas Carswell,
National Review,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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For the deluxe to arrive after awards season makes perfect sense on paper.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
8 Apr. 2025
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Watkins is only the fourth sophomore to win the coveted award.—
Brad Adgate,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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The honor adds to a long list of accolades in her extraordinary career.—
Kim Elsesser,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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But the gritty crime drama is more than deserving of its accolades, and Goggins, as Detective Shane Vendrell, is a major reason for its success.—
Daniel Dockery,
Vulture,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Plume.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plume. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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