: 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 signees represent more than half of the living U.S. recipients of the Nobel Prize for economics, per CNN, who first obtained the letter.
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April Rubin, Axios, 23 Oct. 2024
And so, in a Boston hospital in December 1954, Ronald’s kidney was successfully transplanted into his ailing brother’s body, essentially saving his life and earning his doctor a Nobel Prize.
—Johnny Dodd, People.com, 21 Oct. 2024
Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, were awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences Monday.
—Melina Khan, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024
In 2008, Harald zur Hausen, a German virologist, won the Nobel Prize for his research demonstrating that cervical cancer in humans is caused by certain types of human papillomavirus, or HPV.
—Sam Tupper, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
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April Rubin, Axios, 23 Oct. 2024
And so, in a Boston hospital in December 1954, Ronald’s kidney was successfully transplanted into his ailing brother’s body, essentially saving his life and earning his doctor a Nobel Prize.
—Johnny Dodd, People.com, 21 Oct. 2024
Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, were awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences Monday.
—Melina Khan, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024
In 2008, Harald zur Hausen, a German virologist, won the Nobel Prize for his research demonstrating that cervical cancer in humans is caused by certain types of human papillomavirus, or HPV.
—Sam Tupper, CNN, 16 Oct. 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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