grand prize

noun

: the top prize given in a contest

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The country star is partnering with SoFi to host and serve as a judge for the digital financial institution's Amplify Your Ambitions Contest, which will award one $200,000 grand prize and two $50,000 runner-up prizes to the top three competitors at an intimate Nashville concert on June 4. Jack Irvin, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026 Players who choose Power Play for $1 more per ticket can multiply their non-grand prize winnings by two, three, four, five or 10 times. Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Apr. 2026 Against that backdrop, The Bennett Prize — a biennial award for women painters working in figurative realism — just raised its grand prize from $50,000 to $75,000. The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 14 Apr. 2026 The idea that sprouted from his passion for gaming now earned him the $1 million grand prize at Michigan's top startup competition. Jack Springgate, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for grand prize

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“Grand prize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grand%20prize. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.

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