: 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
Examples of Nobel Prize in a Sentence
He won the Nobel Prize for economics.
Recent Examples on the Web
And that year’s Nobel Prize in Physics went to three scientists, Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne at Caltech, and Rainer Weiss of MIT, who had been working on gravitational wave theories for decades.
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Andre Mouchard, Orange County Register, 19 May 2024
Entertainment & Arts Alice Munro, acclaimed short-story writer and Nobel Prize winner, dies at 92
May 14, 2024
Munro devoted almost her entire career to the art of the short story, penning innovative tales that widened the lens of short fiction.
—Jim Ruland, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2024
Yes, Sheldon may have been technically present when Amy gave birth to one of their children, but during labor, the Nobel Prize winner Zoomed into a seminar.
—Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 17 May 2024
Munro won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013 for a career's worth of masterful and critically-acclaimed short stories.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 15 May 2024
In October 2013, Munro was named the 13th woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, which has been awarded since 1901.
—Bob Minzesheimer, USA TODAY, 14 May 2024
Four years later, Munro became the second Canadian author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
—Annabel Gutterman, TIME, 14 May 2024
When the duo were last on screen together, Sheldon and Amy won the Nobel Prize in physics.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 6 May 2024
In 1923, the same year that his brother, the poet William Butler Yeats, earned the Nobel Prize in Literature, and just as Ireland was becoming independent, Yeats painted a modern scene depicting a swimming race down the Liffey River, through the heart of Dublin.
—John Branch, New York Times, 2 May 2024
Andre Mouchard, Orange County Register, 19 May 2024
Entertainment & Arts Alice Munro, acclaimed short-story writer and Nobel Prize winner, dies at 92
May 14, 2024
Munro devoted almost her entire career to the art of the short story, penning innovative tales that widened the lens of short fiction.
—Jim Ruland, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2024
Yes, Sheldon may have been technically present when Amy gave birth to one of their children, but during labor, the Nobel Prize winner Zoomed into a seminar.
—Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 17 May 2024
Munro won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013 for a career's worth of masterful and critically-acclaimed short stories.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 15 May 2024
In October 2013, Munro was named the 13th woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, which has been awarded since 1901.
—Bob Minzesheimer, USA TODAY, 14 May 2024
Four years later, Munro became the second Canadian author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
—Annabel Gutterman, TIME, 14 May 2024
When the duo were last on screen together, Sheldon and Amy won the Nobel Prize in physics.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 6 May 2024
In 1923, the same year that his brother, the poet William Butler Yeats, earned the Nobel Prize in Literature, and just as Ireland was becoming independent, Yeats painted a modern scene depicting a swimming race down the Liffey River, through the heart of Dublin.
—John Branch, New York Times, 2 May 2024
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Nobel Prize
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No·bel Prize
(ˌ)nō-ˌbel- 
: 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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