: 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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Lloyd’s long and distinguished career as an inventor and entrepreneur included an early collaboration with Nobel Prize-winning physicist and Manhattan Project scientist Luis Alvarez at the former Radiation Laboratory, now the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
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Martha Ross, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
These are the ocular dominance columns, described in the Nobel Prize-winning research of David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel in the 1960s, whose recordings from cats’ (Felis catus) and macaques’ (genus Macaca) revealed that the visual cortex is not a neutral integrator of the two eyes’ signals.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
The film centres on the relationship between the Nobel Prize-winning writer Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and his daughter Erika (Sandra Hüller).
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 26 May 2026
Some Chicagoans have been honored for their work with awards — including the Nobel Prize — or lifetime achievement honors.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2026
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Martha Ross, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
These are the ocular dominance columns, described in the Nobel Prize-winning research of David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel in the 1960s, whose recordings from cats’ (Felis catus) and macaques’ (genus Macaca) revealed that the visual cortex is not a neutral integrator of the two eyes’ signals.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
The film centres on the relationship between the Nobel Prize-winning writer Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and his daughter Erika (Sandra Hüller).
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 26 May 2026
Some Chicagoans have been honored for their work with awards — including the Nobel Prize — or lifetime achievement honors.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for Nobel Prize
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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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