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  Nobel Prize

  noun

  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.
• Nobel prize
  Nobel prize

  noun

  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

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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His work has earned international recognition, including the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2018, often referred to as Asia's Nobel Prize.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Within a month, he had developed an elegant formula that would upend scientific understanding of how molecules use energy and eventually win him the Nobel Prize.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

Joseph Brodsky, who later won the Nobel Prize for literature, was charged with parasitism when he spent his days writing verse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Nobel Prize winner Alvin Roth explains what we learn when markets are shaped by big ethical questions.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

That was surely a factor in his becoming perhaps the most accomplished American physicist not to receive a Nobel Prize, but it does not mean he failed to do pioneering research.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

"Although the 2023 Nobel prize in physics shows we can access such short times, the use of such an external time scale risks to induce artifacts," Dil says.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 9, 2026

While mRNA was discovered in the early 1960s, it rose to global prominence when scientists used it to swiftly develop next-generation vaccines during the Covid pandemic, earning the medicine Nobel prize in 2023.

From Barron's ● Nov. 20, 2025

The Nobel prize winners’ research also sheds light on some of the politics involved in creative destruction, to which investors need to pay attention.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2025

That’s short-sighted for America’s future prosperity, as this week’s news about the annual Nobel prize winners in the sciences shows again.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025

The head of the department in which he studied was a Professor Kylmer, a very famous man who had once won a Nobel prize.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien