awardee

noun

Definition of awardeenext
as in honoree

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Recent Examples of awardee Seftel’s is the probable awardee. — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026 Corrin in particular made history as the first non-binary awardee. — Emma Banks, InStyle, 4 June 2026 Three groups won parts of a $30 million grant to transform the design of RF chips using machine learning, but at least one awardee has gotten no word on when or whether the funding will flow. — IEEE Spectrum, 10 Sep. 2025 As Maher walked on stage to receive his award from 2014 awardee Leno, up stepped impressionist Friend from the audience to interrupt the proceedings. — Paul Harris, Variety, 29 June 2026 Wesley Morgan taught physics, as well as a bilingual class for recent Spanish-speaking immigrants, and became a PAEMST awardee in 2023. — Talia Milgrom-Elcott, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025 The final awardee, Trisha Baga, a Queens native, works across multimedia installation, ceramics, and performance, exploring, among other themes, the increasing encroachment of technology into everyday life. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 4 June 2026 Holger Klinck directs the Center for Conservation Bioacoustics at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, another Bezos Earth Fund awardee. — Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025 Jane Neilson, a member of the East Bay Chapter and awardee to the June 2025 HLAA Convention, will share findings presented during the Research Symposium held at the convention in 2025. — Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for awardee
  1. honoree
  2. inductee
  3. incumbent
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  • That belief is at the center of the music industry organization founded by Kadijat Salawudeen, a 2026 Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree.
    — Desjah Altvater, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • To be sure, Maher’s ready wit and spontaneous repartee as a talk show host were central themes for the parade of chums who praised the honoree.
    — Paul Harris, Variety, 29 June 2026
Definition of honoree
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  • The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee has lived at the home for more than four decades, according to the listing held by Keller Williams Everett's Jeannette Harpole.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
  • The new inductees join more than 150 individuals who have been enshrined since its launch in 1984.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 30 June 2026
Definition of inductee
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  • Then, a week later, another DSA member, Melat Kiros, 29, bested an incumbent in Colorado who was elected to Congress before she was born.
    — Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 3 July 2026
  • Last week, a pair of candidates endorsed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani ousted incumbent Representatives Adriano Espaillat and Dan Goldman.
    — Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026
Definition of incumbent

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“Awardee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/awardee. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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