: 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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That day, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for discoveries not involving black holes, cosmology, or strange new subatomic particles, but about AI.
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Adam Frank, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2025
Other famous Felixes include French photographer Felix Nadar and Nobel Prize recipient Felix Bloch, a winner for physics.
—Sarah Scott, Parents, 15 Dec. 2025
This contemporary horror novel is from last year’s recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
Genzel, who won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics for his research of the Sagittarius A* black hole at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy, used VLT to observe the movements of stars close to the galaxy's center to determine the black hole's properties.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 10 Dec. 2025
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Adam Frank, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2025
Other famous Felixes include French photographer Felix Nadar and Nobel Prize recipient Felix Bloch, a winner for physics.
—Sarah Scott, Parents, 15 Dec. 2025
This contemporary horror novel is from last year’s recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
Genzel, who won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics for his research of the Sagittarius A* black hole at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy, used VLT to observe the movements of stars close to the galaxy's center to determine the black hole's properties.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 10 Dec. 2025
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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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