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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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Choosing a laureate who enjoys broad consensus, such as an individual or organisation working to protect children or humanitarian efforts, would be less likely to stoke Trump's ire, experts say.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Nobel peace laureate and opposition leader Maria Corina Machado remains in exile, though she has said she will not interfere and hopes to see concrete results.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Mr. Wilczek is a 2004 Nobel laureate in physics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● 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

We named our new daughter Zindziswa, after the daughter of the poet laureate of the Xhosa people, Samuel Mqhayi, who had inspired me so many years before at Healdtown.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela


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