Nobel laureate

Cultural  

1. Someone who has been awarded a Nobel Prize.

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Example Sentences

In Peruvian literature he is considered second only to Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa, who died last year.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

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

A caretaker government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus paved the way for what many saw as Bangladesh’s most free elections in a long time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

This time Neylan’s target was Melvin Calvin, a future Nobel laureate who had worked at the Metallurgical Lab in Chicago and then moved to Berkeley to research peacetime applications of medical radioisotopes with John Lawrence.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik