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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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The latest revolt suggests that months later, despite strong results in last week’s elections, the party’s rift over how to confront the President has only deepened.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
11 Nov. 2025
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Two of the Democratic standard-bearers to emerge from last week’s elections—Abigail Spanberger, the incoming governor of Virginia, and Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City—have emphasized different sides of these arguments in recent days.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
11 Nov. 2025
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For example, when a manager gives feedback to a team member, Cisco's learning platform will combine that feedback with other data points, such as the employee's skills profile, to generate personalized learning recommendations.—
Kelly Jones,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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In the new paper, the authors make eight recommendations and provide a checklist to systematize benchmark criteria and improve the transparency and trust in benchmarks.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
6 Nov. 2025
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The selections for the Red Sea Competition, focused on films from the Arab world, Africa and Asia, as well as for the Special Screenings, Arab Spectacular and International Spectacular sidebars were also revealed.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
4 Nov. 2025
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New Orleans is expected to receive fourth- and fifth-round selections in next year's NFL draft as part of the deal.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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According to Recording Academy rules, members of a group are considered part of that collective entity, meaning that any previous Grammy submissions made under Blackpink would also apply to each of its members individually.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
7 Nov. 2025
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Related Stories These submissions apply only to the fall awards season.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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Much like cast-trip destinations, there often is very little rhyme or reason to a Real Housewives theme party — so instead, production (and/or the women) are tasked with coming up with some shoehorned explanation.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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For travelers scouting a multi-city trip to Brazil, T+L found the best stays in five destinations covered throughout our 2025 Destination of the Year package.—
Maya Kachroo-Levine,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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The Big Ten has floated an idea for a 24- or 28-team playoff that gives each power conference four automatic bids.—
Ralph D. Russo,
New York Times,
8 Nov. 2025
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Five separate lots are up for auction, with current bids starting at $1,525 or more.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Those policy choices have contributed to declining aquifers and greater vulnerability when rainfall is insufficient.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
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People are acting entirely too entitled to information about each other's private reproductive choices.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
10 Nov. 2025
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Auburn’s tempo and pre-snap motions were wrinkles that caught Vanderbilt by surprise.—
Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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However, Johnson said the government could argue the facts were needed to support their 13 motions for limits on testimony.—
John Diedrich,
jsonline.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Nominations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nominations. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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