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consolation prize
noun as in runner-up prize
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For some parents no consolation prize is great enough to trade precious time with their families.
But he might have to settle for the best-foreign-film Oscar as a consolation prize.
Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize.
When Gerald Ford picked Nelson Rockefeller as vice president from 1974 to 1977, it was a consolation prize to a burned-out boom.
They left in a huff, taking all the computers and office equipment as a consolation prize.
Eternal punishment wasn't provided as a consolation prize for anybody, so far as I know.
As you see, he is no beauty, and he'll never wear the stick pin unless it's given for a consolation prize.
He did need some consolation prize, and anyway he persuaded me to let him have an aeroplane.
However, as a consolation prize, and as I was leaving, the headmaster gave me a second prize.
"A consolation prize; open it after you start," he whispered.
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On this page you'll find 4 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to consolation prize, such as: booby prize, second prize, and silver medal.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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