awardee

[ uh-wawr-dee, uh-wawr-dee ]

noun

1. the recipient of an award.

Word History and Origins

Origin of awardee¹

award + -ee

Example Sentences

In September, Moonbug released a live-action YouTube spin-off called “CoComelon Classroom,” which stars National Teacher of the Year awardee Juliana Urtubey as Ms. Appleberry.

From Los Angeles Times

"Products with double bonds -- called alkenes -- can be extremely useful. However, sometimes a single bond instead of a double bond is desired," continues the multiple ERC awardee.

From Science Daily

The organization, which has operated with a budget of about $16 million, cannot receive a contract from any federal agency or even serve as a subcontractor of another awardee.

From Los Angeles Times

Fuchs and colleagues began to look more closely at lineage plasticity because it, "can act as a double edged sword," explains Matthew Tierney, lead author on the paper and an NIH K99 "pathway to independence" postdoctoral awardee in the Fuchs lab.

From Science Daily

Hunter, a MacArthur “Genius” Grant awardee who was born in Pullman and raised in Moscow, Idaho, excavates that part of the world with care and empathy without skimping on accuracy, seeing the light and darkness simultaneously if not always in equal measure.

From Seattle Times

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