Bancroft Prize

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noun

one of a group of annual awards for literary achievement in American history and biography: administered by Columbia University.

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Origin of Bancroft Prize

Named after G. Bancroft

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How to use Bancroft Prize in a sentence

Fred Logevall at Cornell won the Pulitzer Prize and is a diplomatic historian; he just started a book on Kennedy.
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So I remember when Altman won the prize, he went up and said some version of, “Too little, too late.”
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The prize will not be replaced if lost, mutilated, or stolen.
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This week, on December 10th, Human Rights Day, she will receive the Nobel Prize—the youngest person ever to be honored.
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While the winners will take home the prize money and title, the eliminated contestants can hardly be considered losers.
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To add point to this success, he knew that the victor of Montebello was straining every nerve to gain this very prize.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
Whoever succeeded in getting the ring on his stick won the game, and carried the prize home as a sign of victory.
Our Little Korean Cousin|H. Lee M. Pike
Ike had read the "Herald," with all about "the great prize fight" in it, and had become entirely carried away with it.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
Never before had so dazzling a prize shimmered before him in the near distance.
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It is almost unnecessary to add, that the porter had his share well paid, and that the fisherman got the full value for his prize.
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