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prizewinner

[prahyz-win-er] / ˈpraɪzˌwɪn ər /




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“Nuisance Bear,” a prizewinner at Sundance earlier this year, brought an effective style of its own to a story set in Churchill, Manitoba, aka the “Polar Bear Capital of the World.”

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 10, 2026

The movie, which features a love story between a married man and a transgender woman, is Pakistan’s entry for next year’s Academy Awards and was a prizewinner at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

From Seattle Times Nov. 14, 2022

He says he’ll put the seeds from his new prizewinner up for auction, too.

From Scientific American Oct. 28, 2022

Some titles, like “Causeway,” with Jennifer Lawrence, and the Cannes prizewinner “Close,” hadn’t settled on release dates by press time.

From New York Times Sep. 8, 2022

Harry eyed me and then said, “Let me look at him. He’s a prizewinner, isn’t he? If they had an entry for moths at the Fentress Fair, you’d take it, easy.”

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

She’s the eldest child of John Cheever, the 20th-century literary titan whose short-story collections and novels were once enormous bestsellers and habitual prizewinners.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 17, 2025

Three Cannes prizewinners lead the field at this early stage, reflecting the agenda-setting import of the road from the Croisette to the Kodak.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 30, 2025

The country’s prizewinners are sold at high-stakes auctions — so high that wealthy ranchers share ownership.

From Seattle Times Jun. 3, 2024

In an open letter, the postponement was condemned by over 600 writers, including Nobel prizewinners such as Abdulrazak Gurnah, Annie Ernaux, and Olga Tokarczuk, and Booker Prize winners Anne Enright, Richard Flanagan and Ian McEwan.

From Reuters Oct. 17, 2023

Since Nobel Prizes are never awarded posthumously, longevity can be as important a factor as ingenuity for prizewinners.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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