accolade
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The Directors Guild of America awarded him with its best theatrical feature accolade, all but securing his Oscar frontrunner status.
From Salon • Mar. 13, 2026
Lynch received the Nero Book Awards' debut fiction accolade last month, and has now also received the overall prize for the best book of 2025.
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026
"Thank you so much for believing in me when I didn't really believe in myself sometimes," an emotional Dean said as she accepted the best album accolade.
From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026
Yet he was passed over for the accolade.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026
You had to be rude at least sometimes and edgy often to be credited with “personality,” and without that accolade no one at Devon could be anyone.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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