Definition of LAUREATE

Other Words from laureate

Noun

laureateship \ ˈlȯr-ē-ət-ˌship

, ˈlär- \ noun

Verb

laureation \ ˌlȯr-ē-ˈā-shən

, ˌlär- \ noun

Examples of laureate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

Statistics from Stuyvesant High School, which touts four Nobel Prize laureates among its alumni, were of particular interest to those critical of the new admissions figures. — Lucy Diavolo, Teen Vogue, "Critics React to the Lack of Black and Latinx Diversity at New York City's Specialized Schools," 19 Mar. 2019 The role is open to interpretation — working under the auspices of the Library of Congress, a nonpartisan institution, each laureate is given a stipend of $35,000 and support to pursue a project of his or her choosing. — Ruth Franklin, New York Times, "Tracy K. Smith, America’s Poet Laureate, Is a Woman With a Mission," 10 Apr. 2018 The Nobel Women’s Initiative, established in 2006, is a platform of six female Nobel Peace laureates. — Washington Post, "Rohingya see no end in sight, 6 months after attacks began," 25 Feb. 2018 Tawakkol Karman, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate for 2011, speak to the media about the disappearance of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul on Oct. 8. — David Gauthier-villars, WSJ, "President Trump on Missing Saudi Journalist: ‘I Do Not Like It’," 8 Oct. 2018 The attack angered Pakistan’s Malala Yousafzai, the young Nobel laureate and champion of girls’ education worldwide, who demanded the schools be promptly rebuilt. — Munir Ahmed, The Seattle Times, "Group says millions of Pakistani girls deprived of education," 13 Nov. 2018 However, this posthumous prohibition has been overlooked several times in the past—for deceased male laureates. — Brian Keating, WIRED, "There's Nothing Noble about Science’s Nobel Prize Gender Gap," 27 May 2018 At this Monday's Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, the cameras briefly took their focus off of the year's two laureates, Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad, to document another guest of note: international human rights lawyer Amal Clooney. — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, "Watch Amal Clooney Explain the Importance of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Nadia Murad's Work," 11 Dec. 2018 In that final trip to Houston in October 1967, King — by then a Nobel Prize laureate — had shifted his message to criticism of the Vietnam War and poverty. — Cindy George, Houston Chronicle, "Martin Luther King Jr.’s death left Houston shocked but resolved for change," 4 Apr. 2018

Recent Examples on the Web: Verb

Elections in 2015 elevated Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate whose name was once a byword for acts of conscience, and seemed to usher in a chance for democracy to take hold. — Hannah Beech, New York Times, "Hands Tied by Old Hope, Diplomats in Myanmar Stay Silent," 12 Oct. 2017 Poets laureate have little interaction with the president and have rarely been drawn into political conflict. — Washington Post, "Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy K. Smith is new US poet laureate," 14 June 2017 Poets laureate have little interaction with the president and have rarely been drawn into political conflict. — Hillel Italie, USA TODAY, "Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy K. Smith is new U.S. poet laureate," 14 June 2017 Poets laureate have little interaction with the president and have rarely been drawn into political conflict. — Hillel Italie, The Seattle Times, "Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy K. Smith is new US poet laureate," 13 June 2017 Curated by Icelandic composer and conductor Daniel Bjarnason and L.A. Phil conductor laureate Esa-Pekka Salonen, the festival boasts 18 world premieres, three art installations and more than 24 hours of music. — Jessica Gelt, latimes.com, "Sigur Ros concert at Disney Hall to be livestreamed on Pitchfork and Facebook," 14 Apr. 2017 According to Von Holten, most applicants, including Rabas and McHenry, do not make poet laureate on their first attempt. — Anne Kniggendorf, kansascity.com, "New Kansas poet laureate, a Shawnee Mission NW grad, was inspired by journalist mom," 17 May 2017 Peter Singer is professor of bioethics at Princeton University and laureate professor at the University of Melbourne. — Peter Singer, The Denver Post, "The first victims of Donald Trump’s presidency," 4 Feb. 2017

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