: 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 2008, the French government asked two Nobel Prize winners, Joseph Stiglitz and Amartya Sen, as well as the late economist Jean-Paul Fitoussi, to put together an international commission of experts to come up with new ways to measure economic performance and progress.
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Sophie Mitra, The Conversation, 1 May 2025
Acclaimed writers such as Zadie Smith and Nobel Prize in literature winner J.M. Coetzee number among her admirers.
—Nate Zipp, Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2025
Chien-Shiung Wu, the First Lady of Physics Jess Romeo
May 21, 2021
Chien-Shiung Wu disproved a fundamental law of physics—a stunning achievement that helped earn her male colleagues (but not her) a Nobel Prize.
—Allison Miller, JSTOR Daily, 30 Apr. 2025
Lee’s fellow 2025 honorees include Adrien Brody, Albert Bourla, Frank McCourt Jr., Dr. Frank Luntz, and Nobel Prize winners Dr. James Patrick Allison and former Secretary of Energy Dr. Steven Chu.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2025
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Sophie Mitra, The Conversation, 1 May 2025
Acclaimed writers such as Zadie Smith and Nobel Prize in literature winner J.M. Coetzee number among her admirers.
—Nate Zipp, Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2025
Chien-Shiung Wu, the First Lady of Physics Jess Romeo
May 21, 2021
Chien-Shiung Wu disproved a fundamental law of physics—a stunning achievement that helped earn her male colleagues (but not her) a Nobel Prize.
—Allison Miller, JSTOR Daily, 30 Apr. 2025
Lee’s fellow 2025 honorees include Adrien Brody, Albert Bourla, Frank McCourt Jr., Dr. Frank Luntz, and Nobel Prize winners Dr. James Patrick Allison and former Secretary of Energy Dr. Steven Chu.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2025
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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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