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Recent Examples of laureate
All six of the 2016 American Nobel laureates in science and economics were immigrants, for example, as have been 40 percent of the American Nobel laureates in chemistry, medicine, and physics in this century.
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L. Rafael Reif, Foreign Affairs, 23 Mar. 2017
The Doomsday Clock is set each year by the members of the Bulletin's Science and Security Board in consultation with its Board of Sponsors, which includes nine Nobel laureates.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2025
Carlos Barria | Reuters Nearly 80 Nobel laureates in chemistry, medicine, economics and physics signed a letter on Monday encouraging the Senate to oppose the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services secretary.
—Annika Kim Constantino,ashley Capoot, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
The board currently includes nine Nobel laureates, many of them in physics, physiology or medicine.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 28 Jan. 2025
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L. Rafael Reif, Foreign Affairs, 23 Mar. 2017
The Doomsday Clock is set each year by the members of the Bulletin's Science and Security Board in consultation with its Board of Sponsors, which includes nine Nobel laureates.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2025
Carlos Barria | Reuters Nearly 80 Nobel laureates in chemistry, medicine, economics and physics signed a letter on Monday encouraging the Senate to oppose the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services secretary.
—Annika Kim Constantino,ashley Capoot, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
The board currently includes nine Nobel laureates, many of them in physics, physiology or medicine.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 28 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for laureate
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The man who is arguably the most famous or legendary keyboard sideman in rock talked with Variety about the circumstances of his new album, his current west coast tour (with more dates to be added further east) and his eternal eagerness to salute his forebears.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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Musk’s Gestures And Comments Have Landed Him In Hot Water Musk’s image has collapsed in Germany following his two gestures—that appeared to many to be Seig Heil salutes—at Trump’s inauguration and a number of posts promoting fascist and Nazi views, some referring to Stalin and Hitler.—
Peter Lyon,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Helen Schneider, acclaimed internationally for powerful portrayals in musicals like Sunset Boulevard, Evita, and her one-woman show A Walk on the Weill Side, embraced the complexities of portraying Leonard Bernstein.—
Court Stroud,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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If directors Joe and Anthony Russo expected their latest movie to be critically acclaimed, their brains are probably short-circuiting right now.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
15 Mar. 2025
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Get The Recipe Cheeseburger Sliders Bring out the tray of sliders and the entire party will applaud.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
22 Mar. 2025
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Hundreds of social media users have commented on TikTok to applaud Wheels and praise Santos for giving him a second chance at life.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
22 Mar. 2025
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Vintage Year In another vintage year for CPH:FORUM, many industry delegates praised the high quality and variety of projects pitched.—
Annika Pham,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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McKinley commented on Porsha’s post, praising her for putting the extravaganza together for their little one.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
28 Mar. 2025
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The sisters hail from a political family, yes, but a literary one, too: their mother, former first lady Laura Bush, was a librarian, and so were both grandmothers: Laura's mother, Jenna Welch, and former first lady Barbara Bush.—
Alex Ross,
People.com,
25 Mar. 2025
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With over 500 comments on the Instagram post, many social media users have hailed it as a gift from Shadow.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
25 Mar. 2025
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This was literally backstage while the fans were cheering for an encore.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
23 Mar. 2025
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Since then, the couple hasn't shied away from posting each other on their social media accounts or speaking about their relationship in public or cheering each other on in their different endeavors.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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Another note retrieved from the bodies extols North Korea’s prowess in combat and derides their enemy, Ukraine.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN,
28 Jan. 2025
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Inspired by a trip to South Africa in which Kendrick visited Nelson Mandela’s cell, the cautiously optimistic track extols the work of perseverance, citing previous Black struggles as evidence that the future is not foreclosed.—
Stephen Kearse,
Vulture,
4 Feb. 2025
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Jim Cramer, host of CNBC’s Mad Money lauded Chipotle CEO Scott Boatwright and the company’s use of AI in recruiting with an AI agent to significantly reducing hiring and onboarding times for the fast casual restaurant chain.—
Susan LaMotte,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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During the recent earnings conference call, Brian Robbins, CEO of Paramount Pictures and co-CEO of Paramount Global, lauded a new 30-picture Paramount slate financing deal with Domain Capital Group.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Laureate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laureate. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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