honors

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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

That isn’t the purpose of such worldly honors, healing wounds, but I suspect it’s often an effect.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Slimp earned first-team all-Big Ten honors as the leadoff hitter for a Bruins team that features slugging stars Megan Grant and Jordan Woolery.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Claytor had taken an honors math degree from Howard University in 1929 and, like Dorothy Vaughan, had received an offer to join the inaugural class of the school’s math graduate program.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly