: 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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Examples include the steam rising from a hot cup of coffee and evaporating sweat, as well as the Nobel Prize-winning method of using laser light to cool and trap individual atoms.
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 18 Dec. 2025
The technological backbone of the vaccines, known as mRNA, has been in development for decades by scientists who won the 2023 Nobel Prize in medicine.
—Jessica Schreifels, CNN Money, 18 Dec. 2025
That day, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for discoveries not involving black holes, cosmology, or strange new subatomic particles, but about AI.
—Adam Frank, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2025
Other famous Felixes include French photographer Felix Nadar and Nobel Prize recipient Felix Bloch, a winner for physics.
—Sarah Scott, Parents, 15 Dec. 2025
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 18 Dec. 2025
The technological backbone of the vaccines, known as mRNA, has been in development for decades by scientists who won the 2023 Nobel Prize in medicine.
—Jessica Schreifels, CNN Money, 18 Dec. 2025
That day, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for discoveries not involving black holes, cosmology, or strange new subatomic particles, but about AI.
—Adam Frank, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2025
Other famous Felixes include French photographer Felix Nadar and Nobel Prize recipient Felix Bloch, a winner for physics.
—Sarah Scott, Parents, 15 Dec. 2025
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“Nobel Prize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Nobel%20Prize. Accessed 23 Dec. 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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