"ultimate award" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when referring to a prestigious award that is the highest honor in a particular category or activity. For example, "He won the ultimate award for his contributions to science."
The ultimate award to Mr. Tapie came from the state's coffers.
To be an RDI is to be given the ultimate award as the designer's designer.
The judging panel were spellbound and the ultimate award of best in show went to her.
Normally, a preliminary injunction is not appropriate where an ultimate award of monetary damages will suffice.
However Laidlaw cleared politicians of having any direct responsibility for the botched process saying ministers were given "inaccurate reports" on which to base the ultimate award of a new 13-year West Coast franchise to transport company FirstGroup last August.
Pinstrup-Andersen, the only economist to win the World Food Prize (the ultimate award in the food security field), has dedicated his career to understanding the linkages between food, nutrition, and agriculture.
Mr. Day-Lewis, whose gritty portrayal of an oil man in "There Will Be Blood" has already won him a wheelbarrow full of accolades, continued his march to the ultimate awards podium with a best actor nomination.
(We suspect they won't. It plays badly with the TV ratings). Still, before you watch the Oscars on Sunday test your Hollywood mettle with our ultimate awards quiz.
"Providing meaningful reference points for award amounts, as opposed to only providing arbitrary anchors," the team concludes, "had a larger and more consistent effect on judgments". Not only are the ultimate awards closer to the meaningful anchor, but they are also more predictable, being more tightly clustered around the anchor when that anchor is meaningful and not arbitrary.
Now I can't wait for the ultimate awards show - the Academy Awards on March 2 - to see which winners can use their Oscar moment to also shine as great speakers.
The answer is pretty clear and it's also pretty simple: Academy Award nominations, as well as the ultimate awarding of the Oscars themselves, should be allotted on a pro rata quota system to reflect the diversity of America and the world at large.
