: 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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Tarr frequently collaborated with Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai, who last year won the Nobel Prize in literature.
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Justin Spike, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Machado was rescued from Venezuela in a tense and secret operation in December and taken to Norway to reunite with her family and collect her Nobel Prize.
—Lilia Luciano, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2026
In 2017, the Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine went to a team of English and French researchers who used advanced brain-scanning technology to measure the extent to which some people are disgusted by cheese.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
Nobel Prize-winning Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa died on April 13 at the age of 89.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Jan. 2026
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Justin Spike, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Machado was rescued from Venezuela in a tense and secret operation in December and taken to Norway to reunite with her family and collect her Nobel Prize.
—Lilia Luciano, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2026
In 2017, the Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine went to a team of English and French researchers who used advanced brain-scanning technology to measure the extent to which some people are disgusted by cheese.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
Nobel Prize-winning Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa died on April 13 at the age of 89.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Jan. 2026
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Nobel Prize
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No·bel Prize
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: 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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