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Recent Examples of nominations
Bracco — who earned four Emmy nominations on The Sopranos as Tony Soprano's (James Gandolfini) therapist, Jennifer Melfi — first played mob wife Karen Hill in Goodfellas, receiving a Golden Globe and Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress in 1991.
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Glenn Garner, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
Since then, The Lumineers have chalked up more than 6 billion streams across five albums, scored two Grammy nominations, earned five Billboard Music Award nods, and picked up an American Music Award nomination.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 11 Aug. 2025
The raft of Emmy nominations helps make up for the Oscar near-nomination.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2025
Glenn Garner, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
Since then, The Lumineers have chalked up more than 6 billion streams across five albums, scored two Grammy nominations, earned five Billboard Music Award nods, and picked up an American Music Award nomination.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 11 Aug. 2025
The raft of Emmy nominations helps make up for the Oscar near-nomination.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nominations
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Budapest has hosted several annual iterations of the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, and another was hastily rescheduled this year to fall in March, just before Hungary's elections.—
MATTHEW LEE,
Arkansas Online,
17 Feb. 2026
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But Democratic Party Chair Kardal Coleman has said this was an unnecessary change already causing confusion and strain on the elections department as the parties needed extra time to finalize separate polling locations.—
Tracey McManus,
Dallas Morning News,
16 Feb. 2026
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Veit’s recommendations to reduce pickiness differ from these solutions, and some of them seem, well, more hard-core.—
Olga Khazan,
The Atlantic,
17 Feb. 2026
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Until there’s no longer a need for our recommendations.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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Williams turns his ear for propulsive and bombastic melodies onto traditional Japanese instrumentation, creating a work that sways between gentle, meditative themes for the titular geisha (Ziyi) and heart-pounding selections to fill out her chaotic, tragic life.—
Alex Galbraith,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Feb. 2026
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When the voter finishes, the selections are printed on the ballot.—
Anthony Man,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Feb. 2026
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Other important issues raised several times with PSKY are unchanged from your prior submissions.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
17 Feb. 2026
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Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings.—
Gary Trust,
Billboard,
17 Feb. 2026
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According to the company’s website, skiers can book private tours to destinations including the Frog Lake huts in North Lake Tahoe, Mammoth and the Eastern Sierra, Mount Rose, Lassen Peak, and other areas throughout the Tahoe mountains.—
Noe Padilla,
USA Today,
18 Feb. 2026
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Best of the Best Beaches, celebrating top coastal destinations around the world based on traveler reviews from the past 12 months.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
18 Feb. 2026
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Construction bids came in low enough that other projects on the district’s to-do list are being accelerated, including HVAC work at other schools and moving a career and technical education program from Willowcreek to Portage High School.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
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Both teams are jockeying for NCAA Tournament bids.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2026
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And that forces Yoshida’s character to confront her own choices and those of her grandmother, as each generation of women navigates the complexities of love, sacrifice and family expectations.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Feb. 2026
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Caldwell, Kuna and Eagle voters may soon have different choices in their city elections.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
17 Feb. 2026
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The state Judicial Council determines how many judges a county Superior Court needs, but those calculations may not account for time- and resource-intensive motions filed under laws such as California’s Mental Health Diversion Act or the Racial Justice Act, Wilson said.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
19 Feb. 2026
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Defense lawyers are seeking to capitalize by demanding speedy trials for clients and filing other motions that require responses from prosecutors.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Nominations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nominations. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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