: 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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The simulation was a major milestone in one of the most ambitious projects humankind has ever undertaken, later earning Manabe a share of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Based on the novel by Nobel Prize-winning Egyptian author Naguib Mahfouz, with a screenplay by Vicente Leñero, the film was produced by the legendary Alfredo Ripstein, whose Alameda Films is now run by his grandson, Daniel Birman Ripstein.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025
This huge breakthrough quickly garnered three of the effort's key figures the physics Nobel Prize.
—Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
Picking up the signals was a stunning achievement, and nobody was surprised when the first direct observation of gravitational waves won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
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Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Based on the novel by Nobel Prize-winning Egyptian author Naguib Mahfouz, with a screenplay by Vicente Leñero, the film was produced by the legendary Alfredo Ripstein, whose Alameda Films is now run by his grandson, Daniel Birman Ripstein.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025
This huge breakthrough quickly garnered three of the effort's key figures the physics Nobel Prize.
—Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
Picking up the signals was a stunning achievement, and nobody was surprised when the first direct observation of gravitational waves won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for Nobel Prize
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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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