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prizewinner

[prahyz-win-er] / ˈpraɪzˌwɪn ər /




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“Nuisance Bear,” a prizewinner at Sundance earlier this year, brought an effective style of its own to a story set in Churchill, Manitoba, aka the “Polar Bear Capital of the World.”

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 10, 2026

The movie was directed and co-written by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, a frequent Cannes prizewinner who won the Palme for 2014’s “Winter Sleep.”

From Los Angeles Times May 27, 2023

The opening-night film is the documentary “Kokomo City,” a prizewinner at the recent Sundance Film Festival.

From Seattle Times Apr. 10, 2023

He says he’ll put the seeds from his new prizewinner up for auction, too.

From Scientific American Oct. 28, 2022

Harry eyed me and then said, “Let me look at him. He’s a prizewinner, isn’t he? If they had an entry for moths at the Fentress Fair, you’d take it, easy.”

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

She’s the eldest child of John Cheever, the 20th-century literary titan whose short-story collections and novels were once enormous bestsellers and habitual prizewinners.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 17, 2025

In an open letter, the postponement was condemned by over 600 writers, including Nobel prizewinners such as Abdulrazak Gurnah, Annie Ernaux, and Olga Tokarczuk, and Booker Prize winners Anne Enright, Richard Flanagan and Ian McEwan.

From Reuters Oct. 17, 2023

You could also see it in the top two prizewinners in the festival’s World Cinema programs, both of which offered stirring portraits of animals and their human caretakers struggling in the wake of environmental decay.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 30, 2022

On Tuesday, Neon — the art-house distributor that brought the Cannes prizewinners “Parasite” and “Titane” to North American moviegoers — announced plans to release “Memoria” later this year.

From New York Times Oct. 6, 2021

Since Nobel Prizes are never awarded posthumously, longevity can be as important a factor as ingenuity for prizewinners.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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