: 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 university has 162 Nobel Prize winners, and scientists there are working on cancer immunotherapy, brain tumors, organ transplants, diabetes and more.
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Nicholas D. Kristof, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025
In 2012, researchers Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley shared the Nobel Prize for economics.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2025
Returning to Reims frequently references the work of Annie Ernaux, the winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in literature, whose recollections of her childhood and the lives of her grocer parents have been published in books such as A Man’s Place and A Woman’s Story.
—Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2025
In 2020, that research was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine.
—Chiara Eisner, NPR, 16 Apr. 2025
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Nicholas D. Kristof, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025
In 2012, researchers Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley shared the Nobel Prize for economics.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2025
Returning to Reims frequently references the work of Annie Ernaux, the winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in literature, whose recollections of her childhood and the lives of her grocer parents have been published in books such as A Man’s Place and A Woman’s Story.
—Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2025
In 2020, that research was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine.
—Chiara Eisner, NPR, 16 Apr. 2025
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“Nobel Prize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Nobel%20Prize. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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Nobel Prize
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No·bel Prize
(ˌ)nō-ˌbel- 
: 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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