Nobel

American  

[noh-bel] / noʊˈbɛl /

noun

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

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Nobel British  

/ nəʊˈbɛl /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

Next he turned to AlphaFold, a scientific AI model that won 2024's chemistry Nobel, to better understand one of the mutated doggy genes.

From Barron's

Arno Penzias at Bell Labs won the Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering “cosmic microwave background radiation” from the Big Bang.

From The Wall Street Journal

Goldin, who won her Nobel for research on women’s labor-market outcomes, focused on the fraction of league revenue going for players’ compensation.

From The Wall Street Journal

The dread comes from fears of a reinterpretation of John Galsworthy’s Nobel Prize-winning books, collectively known as “The Forsyte Saga,” to suit an audience besotted with “Bridgerton” and other sensual period adaptations.

From Salon

Yet they don’t necessarily capture the scope of the Labs’ innovative capacity, seeing as some Nobels were awarded for theoretical breakthroughs that never led to an immediate technology.

From The Wall Street Journal