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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

If a woman were to knock out one of the men, which is unlikely, it would be Payal Kapadia, with the exquisite Indian Cannes prizewinner ‘All We Imagine as Light.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2024

The movie, which features a love story between a married man and a transgender woman, is Pakistan’s entry for next year’s Academy Awards and was a prizewinner at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 14, 2022

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

Thus far, AI scandals have largely cropped up in works of genre fiction, not among literary prizewinners.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Anne Thompson handicaps the race so far thus: Noting that several countries still haven’t chosen their submissions, “Cannes prizewinners have an increased profile with the international committee, including Norway’s ‘Sentimental Value’ and Brazil’s ‘Secret Agent.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 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

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

As a result, German schools lost some of the best minds, including physicists and Nobel prizewinners such as Albert Einstein.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti


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