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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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We know this because of the findings of William Sharpe, the 1990 Nobel laureate in economics.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

Among the advisers: Greg Mankiw, a former top adviser in the George W. Bush administration, Nobel laureate Thomas Sargent, and Doug McMillon, former CEO of Walmart.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

“There is nothing so joyous as a Mexican fiesta, but there is also nothing so sorrowful,” Nobel laureate Octavio Paz infamously wrote in “The Labyrinth of Solitude,” his 1950 treatise on the Mexican condition.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2026

The Nobel laureate Paul Krugman was one critic.

From BBC Jun. 22, 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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