unexpected winner
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Plus: Heather Tal Murphy homes in on the unexpected winner of the OpenAI meltdown.
From Slate ● Nov. 20, 2023
Out of 233 entries, the unexpected winner was the iconoclastic and largely unknown young Danish architect Jorn Utzon.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2023
“House of the Dragon,” the HBO prequel to “Game of Thrones,” was a slightly unexpected winner for best television drama.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 11, 2023
But the long-term impact may also include an unexpected winner.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2018
A teaching fellow at Columbia University, Pardlo was an unexpected winner; his book had been rejected by all the major publishers when he submitted it in 2010.
From Washington Post ● May 12, 2015
