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[uh-wawrd] / əˈwɔrd /




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“We are excited to continue our partnership with Jon and his award winning news team.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

The research was supported by the American Association of the Study of Liver Diseases Foundation, award CTORA24-179910.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

He added: "It's fantastic to see Sgiath get this much deserved award, and I'm very excited to see what other wonderful work we can do with sniffer dogs."

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Under the U.K. government’s proposal, the SFO would award whistleblowers who provide information that is “both significant and original” and that leads to a successful enforcement action against a company, including a deferred prosecution agreement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Nevertheless, no ancient Greek struck a medal with the word Eureka on it and started awarding it to successful scientists as we award the Fields Medal to successful mathematicians.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

On the other side of the ball, they had five Defensive Player of the Year awards between trade acquisition Myles Garrett and Aaron Donald, who came out of retirement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

El-Sayed left a position as an assistant professor at Columbia University to work in public health, where he won awards for his success in protecting children’s health from environmental pollution.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026

The stranger-than-fiction documentary has garnered rave reviews and is already being talked about as an Oscar contender as we head into awards season.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

I don’t know why all films now seem to be either based on superhero comics or incredibly worthy dirges, hoping to win awards without the collateral damage of entertaining anyone en route.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

“You know those ribbons are just participation awards, right?”

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway

Luís Hindman received the prize for his film, Magid/Zafar, and was awarded £40,000 to make a new film with an LGBTQ+ theme in the UK.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Last week former President Barack Obama was awarded an honorary degree from Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Willis was eventually awarded temporary primary custody of the former couple’s 3-year-old daughter, Louetta Isley Thomas Willis.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Los Angeles was awarded the Games in September 2017, giving it nearly 11 years to prepare.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

The Society awarded priority to neither of the contestants, but to Niels Steno.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

He said the Nobel committee must be asking itself: "Is there any potential for this prize to create harm rather than good in awarding it?"

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

He’s never settled into a particular genre and, perhaps due to that wide-ranging restlessness, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will be awarding him an honorary Oscar in November.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Crystal Palace's Marc Guehi was pulled down by Bournemouth's Bafode Diakite, with the referee awarding a spot-kick.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

Late last year, American stopped awarding frequent-flier miles to basic-economy ticket buyers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

The next morning, Zach, Britney, and Wayne perform monologues for a panel of judges awarding college scholarship money.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove


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