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award

[uh-wawrd] / əˈwɔrd /




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He became embarrassed after he was caught fabricating or embellishing stories about playing college baseball, responding to protest scenes and an award he won in the police academy, according to the motion.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

She’ll complain about me needing to find a secretary before rattling off the results, links to Slate articles and a recent award.

From Slate Aug. 6, 2026

In September 2024, Novo scientist Lotte Bjerre Knudsen won a prestigious award — one that scientists often win before receiving a Nobel Prize — for her pioneering work on GLP-1s.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

More than half those funds were obligated since last January, and another award potentially worth up to $50 million the agency continues to extend.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

“How are we going to award these prizes?” he said.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt

To this day, Houston holds the Guinness World Record for the most awards won by a female artist, with more than 400 prizes, including six Grammys.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

Even more important is that when a judge awards an exoneree compensation, it comes with a definitive ruling that the person is, in fact, innocent.

From Salon Aug. 10, 2026

It has received more than $125 million in aggregate U.S. government awards supporting national-security applications, it said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

Over six years, she won league titles, national championships and individual awards.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

“The awards are the one thing we have to go to,” he said.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia

The plaintiff sued for money and settled for an apology plus something his complaint never requested and no court could have awarded: immunity, granted by his own subordinates.

From Slate Aug. 10, 2026

Nine television shows, including a sequel to the 1995 hit “Clueless,” have been awarded a tax credit for filming in the Golden State, according to the California Film Commission.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

Despite the opposition of Landry, then attorney general, Alexander was later awarded compensation, though he said these claims aren’t all about money.

From Salon Aug. 10, 2026

The Telegraph awarded four stars to the "spellbinding spectacle", while the Guardian's four-star review said it features "spectacular stagecraft and plenty of modern resonance".

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

Michelson was awarded a Nobel Prize in physics for the work–the first American so honored–but not for twenty years.

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

This spring, DRL staff were initially told to begin the process of awarding funds to Lex Libertas, a South African organization founded by a prominent member of the nation’s white Afrikaner movement.

From Salon Jul. 21, 2026

If VAR had been available, Scottish referee Hugh Dallas could have corrected the missed call, awarding a penalty and giving Frings a red card, expelling him for the final 40 minutes.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 12, 2026

Arise has repeatedly denied accusations of fraud and/or corruption in the awarding of public contracts, notably in Gabon and Chad.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

While the regulations didn’t prohibit companies from awarding options at “propitious times,” they increased transparency around the practice.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 4, 2026

In addition to celebrating the year's graduates, the school, like many colleges, recognizes special people by awarding them with honorary doctorates.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson




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