: a prize given to a runner-up or a loser in a contest
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There’s no consolation prize or participation trophy when investments are this high.—James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025 Cooper wasn’t selected as a Pro Bowl alternate, but picking up a half-sack on Sunday to get to 10 for the season would be a solid consolation prize — so long as it is accompanied by a playoff-clinching victory.—Nick Kosmider, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025 North Carolina's Omarion Hampton would even be a nice consolation prize if Jeanty is gone.—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 See All Example Sentences for consolation prize
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