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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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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

The obvious gem of the collection is the attention-getting title story, about the Canadian Nobel laureate Alice Munro, who died in 2024 — and whose complex, layered short fiction Aviv admires.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

Award-winning author Patrice Lawrence has been named the new children's laureate.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace laureate Maria Corina Machado said she expected good relations with Colombia.

From Barron's Jun. 22, 2026

The animating figure was Caltech chemist Linus Pauling, a Nobel laureate known for his strong leftist views and stem-winding oratorical flair.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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