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North Carolina's Omarion Hampton would even be a nice consolation prize if Jeanty is gone.
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Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
The consolation prize for the losing bidder would have been a new Colorado State Prison.
—Brittany Anas, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Pulp Fiction would win Best Screenplay, but in this case even that consolation prize felt inappropriate because Pulp Fiction’s power comes came from its movieness, not from its script.
—Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
Lee said he is offered to take the consolation prize in addition as well.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
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Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
The consolation prize for the losing bidder would have been a new Colorado State Prison.
—Brittany Anas, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Pulp Fiction would win Best Screenplay, but in this case even that consolation prize felt inappropriate because Pulp Fiction’s power comes came from its movieness, not from its script.
—Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
Lee said he is offered to take the consolation prize in addition as well.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for consolation prize
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“Consolation prize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consolation%20prize. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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