Nobel laureate

Cultural  

1. Someone who has been awarded a Nobel Prize.

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Example Sentences

Just this week, Richard Axel, a Nobel laureate Columbia professor, and Lawrence Summers, the decorated economist and former Harvard president, stepped down from positions at their institutions because of their Epstein ties.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, who has led the country of 170 million as interim leader since the uprising, said Rahman "would help guide the country toward stability, inclusiveness, and development".

From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026

As a graduate student he joined the lab of Nobel laureate Susumu Tonegawa, where he was paired with a postdoc fellow named Xu Liu.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2025

Last month Lukashenko, who has referred to himself as “the last and only dictator in Europe,” released 123 prisoners, including Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski and opposition figure Maria Kalesnikava.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

The animating figure was Caltech chemist Linus Pauling, a Nobel laureate known for his strong leftist views and stem-winding oratorical flair.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik