Pulitzer Prize
noun
Pu·lit·zer Prize
ˈpu̇-lət-sər- 
ˈpyü-
: any of various annual prizes (as for outstanding literary or journalistic achievement) established by the will of Joseph Pulitzer
called also Pulitzer
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The play, written by Pulitzer Prize finalist Clare Barron, is the second theater production to join the lineup of the Cherry Lane Theatre, which reopened in September after being purchased by film studio A24.
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Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 8 Dec. 2025
Aggie Wiggs, a famous Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, is living in a home that is far too big for her in Oyster Bay, a wealthy enclave on Long Island.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2025
Greenblatt’s Pulitzer Prize-winning depiction of Renaissance chaos (The Swerve, in 2011) lends intrigue and intellectual context to the Shakespeares’ emotional ordeal — becoming an extraordinary subtext to the Hamlet play.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 4 Dec. 2025
Lane will star alongside Laurie Metcalf in Arthur Miller’s Pulitzer Prize–winning masterpiece, fulfilling the prophecy that was first revealed, then indefinitely postponed, in 2020.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
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Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 8 Dec. 2025
Aggie Wiggs, a famous Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, is living in a home that is far too big for her in Oyster Bay, a wealthy enclave on Long Island.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2025
Greenblatt’s Pulitzer Prize-winning depiction of Renaissance chaos (The Swerve, in 2011) lends intrigue and intellectual context to the Shakespeares’ emotional ordeal — becoming an extraordinary subtext to the Hamlet play.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 4 Dec. 2025
Lane will star alongside Laurie Metcalf in Arthur Miller’s Pulitzer Prize–winning masterpiece, fulfilling the prophecy that was first revealed, then indefinitely postponed, in 2020.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for Pulitzer Prize
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“Pulitzer Prize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Pulitzer%20Prize. Accessed 15 Dec. 2025.
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