awards 1 of 2

noun

plural of award
1
as in prizes
something given in recognition of achievement Faye received the highest award in the 16 and under category for her poem

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2
as in decisions
a position arrived at after consideration in their award the board of arbitrators declared that both writers deserved screen credit for their contributions to the final screenplay

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awards

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of award
1
as in rewards
to give something as a token of gratitude or admiration for a service or achievement we will award the top three contestants in the essay competition

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2
as in grants
to give the ownership or benefit of (something) formally or publicly custody of the boy was awarded to the grandparents

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Recent Examples of awards
Noun
The awards will debut at the event’s 2026 iteration, which will take place at the Javits Center in New York September 24–27, and will highlight artists from the Caribbean. — News Desk, Artforum, 21 Aug. 2026 Companies without a booking can pay more to cross the Panama Canal through an auction that awards slots to the highest bidder. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026 The Ohio native has won four NBA championships, four MVP awards, and four Finals MVPs, while becoming the league’s all-time leading scorer. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 21 Aug. 2026 Every year brings a handful of new Netflix darlings — Adolescence dominated the awards circuit just last year! — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2026 These awards are presented not by the judges, but by the pageant’s sponsors. — Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026 Springsteen is, of course, a musical legend and Grammy champion, having won 20 awards from more than 50 nominations. — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Marty, life may be short, but the awards season for documentaries can be quite long. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026 Deadline started Contenders by focusing on the movie awards season. — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2026
Verb
Even if the court awards smaller damages, the states also seek an order to change how Meta’s platforms operate. — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026 The Justice Department awards billions of dollars in federal grants each year. — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026 The Colorado Housing and Finance Authority, a statewide housing finance authority that awards those credits to developers, lobbied Congress for the change. — Solomon Greene, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2026 The Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) awards a total of over $2 million in prize money to teams and riders throughout the three-week race. — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 26 July 2026 What else is going on Rebecca Grossman and an ex-Dodger were found liable for the crash that killed two boys; a jury awards $176 million. — Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026 Back then, Jagland was the secretary general of the European Council and chairman of the committee that awards the Nobel peace prize. — Ola Morris Innset, The Dial, 2 June 2026 The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) reinstituted a pilot program that awards any female athlete who finished behind Hernandez one spot higher, resulting in Hernandez sharing podium spots with females in the last two rounds of the state tournament. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2026 Newsome’s journalism won various awards throughout her career, including an induction into the Silver Circle by the Mid-America Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the organization that awards local Emmys. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 30 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for awards
  1. prizes
  2. decisions
  3. rewards
  4. grants
  5. accolades
  6. verdicts
  7. honors
  8. opinions
Noun
  • Harding and Powell have been making the rounds at parades and festivals where meat raffles offer oversized sausages as prizes.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The location pros behind Best Picture Oscar winner One Battle After Another and nominee Marty Supreme won the film prizes at the 2026 LMGI Awards, with the Pluribus, Fallout and Black Rabbit teams taking TV honors.
    — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of prizes
Noun
  • Two Jets front-office sources, on condition of anonymity because they’re not authorized to speak publicly, deny that, and Glenn has owned the decisions publicly.
    — Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The working-out of that vision, by way of experience that arises from her sudden change of circumstances, is the movie’s emotional and intellectual heart, its main line, abstract in form but altogether concrete in the decisions that result.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of decisions
Verb
  • These groups contend the legislation rewards institutions neglecting Black voting representation and suggest boycotts to pressure Southern universities on redistricting.
    — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Taken as a whole, the methodology rewards what can be observed from the outside.
    — Ilya Strebulaev, Time, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of rewards
Verb
  • Its Golden Visa program grants a five-year renewable residence permit (with no requirement to live there full-time) with a property investment as low as €250,000 ($290,000).
    — Amelia Mularz, Architectural Digest, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The Constitution grants Congress power to assign letters of marque , not the President.
    — Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of grants
Noun
  • Mensah has received numerous preseason accolades — he was voted the ACC’s preseason player of the year and is on multiple preseason watch lists for annual awards.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026
  • His flagship restaurant in Oakland’s Temescal district, Burdell, has won a number of accolades – snagging first place in the San Francisco Chronicle’s Top 100 restaurants list for 2025 and also Food & Wine’s Restaurant of the Year for 2024.
    — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of accolades
Noun
  • Recent verdicts raise the stakes The Oakland case follows two major courtroom losses for Meta earlier this year.
    — Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Our book lists, after all, aren’t meant to be final verdicts.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of verdicts
Verb
  • The anniversary marks India’s National Fire Service Day, which honors the firefighters who lost their lives fighting the blaze that day.
    — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Any empty feeling at Empty Sky Caution tape clings to a fence outside the memorial, which honors the 749 New Jersey residents killed on 9/11.
    — Adi Guajardo, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of honors
Noun
  • There are different opinions about what makes a plant native and at what geographic scale.
    — Dr. Lauren Kurtz, Hartford Courant, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Arday’s story has dominated headlines, with coverage spanning the political spectrum - and leaders from Prime Minister Andy Burnham down pressed for their opinions.
    — Rupert Neate, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of opinions

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