consolation

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If “Sinners” does win best picture, how’s this for a consolation: Anderson, who came into the year having never won despite 11 nominations, will go home with two Oscars — director and adapted screenplay.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

If it’s any consolation, they’re just as rude with French customers.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

But that’s small consolation for job seekers struggling to find work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

That’s the consolation prize for losing the entire U.S. government as a customer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

But in that case, I would have the consolation of winning my bet, which would bring me four years of the magazine Private Eye.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking