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legacy Oscars

legacy Oscars is the plural of legacy Oscar.

Meaning of legacy Oscar

Noun

legacy Oscar (plural legacy Oscars)

  1. An Academy Award perceived to have been given in recognition of the awardee's career and performances in prior films, rather than for the performance specifically nominated.
    • Scanning the recent slates of winners, the legacy Oscar appears more and more frequently; even the most dedicated Jessica Chastain fans (also known as “Chastainiacs”) would have a hard time calling The Eyes of Tammy Faye her finest hour, but she’d accrued a reputation as an altogether deserving...2023, Charles Bramesco, A brief history of the “legacy Oscar” and its winners, Little White Lies

Questions about legacy Oscars

What is legacy Oscars the plural of?
Legacy Oscars is the plural of legacy Oscar.

Words near legacy Oscars in the dictionary

  1. legacy code
  2. legacy hunter
  3. legacy hunters
  4. legacy media
  5. legacy Oscar
  6. legacy Oscars
  7. legacy press
  8. legacy sequel
  9. legacy sequels
  10. legacy student
  11. legacy students

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