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Emmy
[em-ee]
noun
plural
Emmys(sometimes lowercase)any of several statuettes awarded annually by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for excellence in television programming, production, or performance.
Also Emmie a female given name, form of Emma.
Emmy
/ ˈɛɪ /
noun
(in the US) one of the gold-plated statuettes awarded annually for outstanding television performances and productions
Word History and Origins
Origin of Emmy1
Example Sentences
Moss won her only acting Emmy, a drama lead prize for “Handmaid’s,” after a long dry spell that included …
Every year, Emmy prognosticators weigh the chances of TV’s newcomers.
This season, though, Emmy contenders are taking it up a notch.
And she’s done an amazing job in that role, because she’s already been nominated three times for an Emmy.
Jeffrey Wright, an Emmy winner for “Angels in America” in 2004, channeled the Washington, D.C., world he grew up in to create a portrait of a dutiful government employee.
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When To Use
The Emmys is another name for the Emmy Awards, an annual award ceremony to honor excellence in television programming and production.The name Emmys most commonly refers to the Primetime Emmy Awards, which honor primetime programming, but there are also other events devoted to specific forms of programming, including the Daytime Emmys, the Sports Emmys, and the News and Documentary Emmys.The statuette awarded to winners is officially called an Emmy Award but is often referred to as an Emmy for short. The plural form Emmys is commonly used. Primetime Emmys are awarded to actors, writers, and to those in technical and production roles, as well as for specific series, including for drama, comedy, variety, and limited series.The Emmy Awards are held by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, an organization for television industry professionals that’s often simply called the Television Academy.
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