: 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 institute was started by Jennifer Doudna, who shared a Nobel Prize for helping discover CRISPR.
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Rob Stein, NPR, 13 Dec. 2024
Riess co-received the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering that the universe’s expansion is accelerating in 1998.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024
The selection stretches from signed and rare photography, fashion and art books to tomes about Louise Bourgeois and ones by Annie Ernaux, recipient of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature.
—Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 12 Dec. 2024
British Nobel Prize winner Hassabis cofounded DeepMind before Alphabet purchased the research laboratory for between $400 million and $650 million a decade ago.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Rob Stein, NPR, 13 Dec. 2024
Riess co-received the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering that the universe’s expansion is accelerating in 1998.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024
The selection stretches from signed and rare photography, fashion and art books to tomes about Louise Bourgeois and ones by Annie Ernaux, recipient of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature.
—Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 12 Dec. 2024
British Nobel Prize winner Hassabis cofounded DeepMind before Alphabet purchased the research laboratory for between $400 million and $650 million a decade ago.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Nobel Prize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Nobel%20Prize. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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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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