grand prize

noun

: the top prize given in a contest

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The Mega Millions jackpot was last hit June 27, when a Virginia player won the $348 million grand prize, lottery officials said. Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 9 Nov. 2025 Customers can also earn bonus entries into the grand prize sweepstakes by scanning the bar code on their Kohl's receipts. Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 7 Nov. 2025 Thorne finished in second, with the blueberry coming in third and the dumpster-diving contestant, Mike, winning the grand prize. Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025 Outside of them, the Denver Nuggets and perhaps Green's Golden State Warriors are thought to have a real shot at winning the NBA's grand prize. Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025 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 11 Nov. 2025.

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