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laureate

[lawr-ee-it, lor-] / ˈlɔr i ɪt, ˈlɒr- /


NOUN
poet laureate
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VERB
decorate
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Later economists, including 1976 Nobel laureate Milton Friedman, found problems with Keynes’s simplistic idea.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Hours after Pillay was named the laureate, the United States announced new sanctions against the ICC, provoking swift condemnation from member states and the United Nations.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

On Thursday, the literature laureate will be revealed, and perhaps the most keenly anticipated award -- the peace prize -- is due on Friday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Nobel laureate Niko Tinbergen argued that understanding behavior requires asking four core questions: What mechanisms produce it?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

The well-known remark of William Blake that our great laureate of the War in Heaven, John Milton, was “of the devil’s party without knowing it” is testament to this.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith


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