: 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
Examples of Nobel Prize in a Sentence
He won the Nobel Prize for economics.
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Chemist and Nobel Prize winner Paul Crutzen had been listening to a narrative emerging at an international convening of scientists in Mexico.
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Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2024
Even the family cat slept curled, tightly but voluntarily, inside a beaker in the lab, and Naomi’s dollhouse was decorated in part by famous scientists—including Nobel Prize–winning physicist Niels Bohr, who brought Naomi a little toy jug for her miniature estate.
—Rachel Lance, WIRED, 16 Apr. 2024
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One could turn left and spot Bill Gates and Robert Downey Jr. sitting at the same table, or right and find tablemates Bradley Cooper and Rupert Murdoch schmoozing.
—Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Apr. 2024
This is the work that my postdoc advisor, Richard Axel, got the Nobel Prize for.
—Nicholas Stfleur, STAT, 12 Apr. 2024
That was Gerard ‘t Hooft, the Nobel Prize winner, one of the great physicists of 20th century.
—Quanta Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024
The program intends to feature motivational seminars planned for 2024, delivered by esteemed inspirational figures such as Olympic Gold medalists, Navy SEALs, astronauts, scientists, entrepreneurs, and Nobel Prize Laureates.
—Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
In 2002, six years after Tversky’s death, Kahneman won the Nobel Prize in Economics for their models of how intuitive reasoning is flawed in predictable ways.
—Diksha Madhok, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
Kahneman shared the 2002 Nobel Prize with Vernon Smith, another experimental economist.
Kahneman and his wife, Irah Kahn, had two children: Michael and Lenore.
—Bloomberg, Fortune, 27 Mar. 2024
Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2024
Even the family cat slept curled, tightly but voluntarily, inside a beaker in the lab, and Naomi’s dollhouse was decorated in part by famous scientists—including Nobel Prize–winning physicist Niels Bohr, who brought Naomi a little toy jug for her miniature estate.
—Rachel Lance, WIRED, 16 Apr. 2024
Related Stories Movies What Lily Collins and Nobel Prize Winners Have in Common
One could turn left and spot Bill Gates and Robert Downey Jr. sitting at the same table, or right and find tablemates Bradley Cooper and Rupert Murdoch schmoozing.
—Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Apr. 2024
This is the work that my postdoc advisor, Richard Axel, got the Nobel Prize for.
—Nicholas Stfleur, STAT, 12 Apr. 2024
That was Gerard ‘t Hooft, the Nobel Prize winner, one of the great physicists of 20th century.
—Quanta Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024
The program intends to feature motivational seminars planned for 2024, delivered by esteemed inspirational figures such as Olympic Gold medalists, Navy SEALs, astronauts, scientists, entrepreneurs, and Nobel Prize Laureates.
—Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
In 2002, six years after Tversky’s death, Kahneman won the Nobel Prize in Economics for their models of how intuitive reasoning is flawed in predictable ways.
—Diksha Madhok, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
Kahneman shared the 2002 Nobel Prize with Vernon Smith, another experimental economist.
Kahneman and his wife, Irah Kahn, had two children: Michael and Lenore.
—Bloomberg, Fortune, 27 Mar. 2024
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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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