Definition of "awarding" []

• Present participle of award. (verb)

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• "When asked about it by the Times, the spokeswoman responded that she was not involved in awarding the contract and did not discuss it with officials at the Border Patrol."
• "The Nobel Committee recognized this truth in awarding its first prize for peace to Henry Dunant – the founder of the Red Cross, and a driving force behind the Geneva Conventions."
• "Last year, in awarding the Nobel in economics to Krugman, they decided to make the econ prize a joke as well."