Nobel Prizes

Cultural  

1. Prizes given annually for achievement in physics, chemistry, literature, peace, economics, and medicine and physiology. The prizes were founded by a Swedish munitions maker, Alfred Nobel, and are considered a mark of worldwide leadership in the fields in which they are given. Nobel winners, called Nobel laureates, receive their prizes in ceremonies in Stockholm, Sweden, except for the peace prize, which is presented in Oslo, Norway.

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Example Sentences

Many economists who propounded the inevitability of business cycles, including Kuznets, Hayek, Paul Samuelson and James Tobin, have won Nobel Prizes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

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

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Its scientists have won 75 Nobel Prizes, including four this year alone.

From Salon • Dec. 13, 2025

A new article, written by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Calculation Consulting, examines the convergence of physics, chemistry, and AI, highlighted by recent Nobel Prizes.

From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2024

Seven of Ernest’s students and colleagues there would win Nobel Prizes in physics or chemistry after his death.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik