Nobel

American

[noh-bel] / noʊˈbɛl /

noun

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

Nobel British

/ 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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His actions have coincided with his annoyance at not being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to seek peace in the world.

From Los Angeles Times

The chemists who discovered it just won the Nobel Prize for their invention.

From The Wall Street Journal

Sam Sacks reviews the Nobel laureate’s “wily and endearing” final novel, in which a scholar investigating the life of a little-known guitarist suddenly becomes famous.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

In the next 10 years the tech would become "a superpower" in terms of what people would be able to create, Sir Demis, who won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, said.

From BBC

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