Nobel

[ noh-bel ]

/ noʊˈbɛl /

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noun

Al·fred Bern·hard

[ahl-fred ber-nahrd], /ˈɑl frɛd ˈbɛr nɑrd/, 1833–96, Swedish engineer, manufacturer, and philanthropist.

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Words nearby Nobel

nob, no ball, nobble, nobbut, nobby, Nobel, Nobelist, nobelium, Nobel laureate, Nobel prize, Nobel Prizes

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How to use Nobel in a sentence

Well, the Nobel committee has a list explaining who can do so.
You, too, can become a Nobel Peace Prize nominee|Philip Bump|February 1, 2021|Washington Post
For all the details, see our Nobel coverage, but for now, just know that part of the CRISPR system involves identifying DNA from viruses and inserting copies of it into the bacterial genome in order to recognize it should the virus ever appear again.
Electricity and CRISPR used to write data to bacterial DNA|John Timmer|January 12, 2021|Ars Technica
That result carries some weight, since Banerjee and Duflo won the 2019 Nobel in economics for their work on evaluating the impact of development programs.
One man’s crusade to end a global scourge with better salt|Katie McLean|December 18, 2020|MIT Technology Review
After being rescued from Europe through human generosity and taken in by an American foster family, he demonstrated generosity in his turn, donating his Nobel medal to the public high school he attended as a refugee in a suburb of Chicago.
Jack Steinberger, Nobel laureate in physics, dies at 99|Martin Weil|December 17, 2020|Washington Post

The theme that Obama campaigned on — and hope, which became the biggest reason the Nobel committee awarded him their famous prize later that year.
This Afghan Crusader Should Have Beaten Obama for the Nobel|Nick Fouriezos|October 11, 2020|Ozy
“It was Stephen Hawking and five other Nobel laureates,” Krauss recalled.
Sleazy Billionaire’s Double Life Featured Beach Parties With Stephen Hawking|M.L. Nestel|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
This week, on December 10th, Human Rights Day, she will receive the Nobel Prize—the youngest person ever to be honored.
Promoting Girls’ Education Isn’t Enough: Malala Can Do More|Paula Kweskin|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He may have been telling the truth when, on hearing that Saul Bellow won the Nobel Prize, he remarked, “Never heard of him.”
Borges Had A Genius For Literature But Not Love Or Much Else|Allen Barra|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Second, the Nobel Prize for economics went to Jean Tirole, who studies how to regulate politically powerful companies.
The Supreme Court Is Weighing Corporate Power Yet Again|Zephyr Teachout|October 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On December 10, 1964, when he received the Nobel Peace Prize, he knew the world was watching.
Martin Luther King’s Nobel Speech Is an Often Ignored Masterpiece|Malcolm Jones|October 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Finsen was given the Nobel prize partly for re-discovery of this.
Old-Time Makers of Medicine|James J. Walsh
In the same year Nobel contributed another of his notable inventions, and called it dynamite.
Invention|Bradley A. Fiske
No wonder Kipling got the Nobel prize for idealistic literature.
Major Prophets of To-Day|Edwin E. Slosson
So Ostwald, having won the Nobel chemistry prize in 1909, is in a fair way to become in time eligible for the Nobel peace prize.
Major Prophets of To-Day|Edwin E. Slosson
Ostwald devoted the $40,000 he got from the Nobel Fund to the attempt to introduce a new language, Ido.
Major Prophets of To-Day|Edwin E. Slosson

British Dictionary definitions for Nobel

Nobel

/ (nəʊˈbɛl) /

noun

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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