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Nobel

American  
[noh-bel] / noʊˈbɛl /

noun

  1. Alfred Bernhard 1833–96, Swedish engineer, manufacturer, and philanthropist: founding benefactor of the Nobel Prizes.


Nobel British  
/ nəʊˈbɛl /

noun

  1. Alfred Bernhard (ˈalfreːd ˈbæːrnhard). 1833–96, Swedish chemist and philanthropist, noted for his invention of dynamite (1866) and his bequest founding the Nobel prizes

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He recently launched Power and Consequences External link, a weekly podcast about the economy, markets, and geopolitics with fellow MIT professor and Nobel Prize-winning economist Simon Johnson.

From Barron's • Apr. 18, 2026

Research conducted partly by Nobel Prize-winning economist William Sharpe shows that, in boom times, investors expect higher returns at lower risk.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

"In the past few years three Nobel Prizes have gone to French physicists alone!"

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Novaya Gazeta was founded by Dmitry Muratov, its long-standing editor-in-chief who jointly won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2021.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

Michelson was awarded a Nobel Prize in physics for the work–the first American so honored–but not for twenty years.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson