Nobel Prize

American  

[noh-bel prahyz, noh-bel] / ˈnoʊ bɛl ˈpraɪz, noʊˈbɛl /

noun

1. any of various awards made annually, beginning in 1901, from funds originally established by Alfred B. Nobel: for outstanding achievement in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and the promotion of peace.

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Nobel prize British  

noun

1. a prize for outstanding contributions to chemistry, physics, physiology or medicine, literature, economics, and peace that may be awarded annually. It was established in 1901, the prize for economics being added in 1969. The recipients are chosen by an international committee centred in Sweden, except for the peace prize which is awarded in Oslo by a committee of the Norwegian parliament

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Example Sentences

Joseph Stiglitz, who jointly won the Nobel Prize for economics in 2001, reportedly said that the U.S. could dip into a period of stagflation, as it did during the oil price shocks in the 1970s.

From Barron's

"The Ig Nobel Prize makes research visible, and does so with a wink," Puhan said in the statement.

From Barron's

The BKT phase takes its name from physicist Vadim Berezinskii and Nobel Prize winners J. Michael Kosterlitz and David Thouless, who received the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics for their theoretical work describing this type of phase transition.

From Science Daily

The columnists he edited included many writers of best-selling books and a Nobel Prize winner.

From The Wall Street Journal

In addition to the Nobel Prize, she gave him a Rosary blessed by Pope Leo XIV during her visit to Rome.

From The Wall Street Journal