: a prize given to a runner-up or a loser in a contest
Examples of consolation prize in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebBut if that is absent, your rivals’ failure is a perfectly acceptable consolation prize.—Rory Smith, New York Times, 17 May 2024 Today’s challenges would be familiar to the reformers who fought for the Child Labor Amendment a century ago and lost, and who accepted the FLSA as a consolation prize.—TIME, 13 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for consolation prize
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