honors

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Bess Wohl's play "Liberation," a look at second-wave feminism, and musical "Schmigadoon!" earned the top prizes on Sunday at the 79th Tony Awards, the highest honors in American theater.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

The last endorsement was especially weighty coming from a winner of the Fields Medal, one of the highest honors for human mathematicians.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

The dinosaur's name honors the traditions of the Aonikenk people, the southernmost group of the Indigenous Tehuelche peoples of Patagonia.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

He felt he’d been overlooked for such honors by American colleges.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Kimberly is talking about how she got moved into the honors math class and how next year in high school she’s going to be ahead of all the other ninth-graders.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass