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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Adams won a Pulitzer Prize, basically because his timing was right.
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Louis Menand, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
Squibb will return to the Broadway stage in Jordan Harrison’s Pulitzer Prize-finalist play Marjorie Prime in the titular role.
—Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
Succession‘s Nicholas Braun and two-time Tony winner Kara Young (Purpose, Purlie Victorious) will star in an Off Broadway revival of Rajiv Joseph’s Pulitzer Prize finalist Gruesome Playground Injuries this fall, producers announced today.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
The play is a Pulitzer Prize finalist and winner of Best American Play from the New York Drama Critics’ Circle.
—Andrea Manes, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
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Louis Menand, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
Squibb will return to the Broadway stage in Jordan Harrison’s Pulitzer Prize-finalist play Marjorie Prime in the titular role.
—Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
Succession‘s Nicholas Braun and two-time Tony winner Kara Young (Purpose, Purlie Victorious) will star in an Off Broadway revival of Rajiv Joseph’s Pulitzer Prize finalist Gruesome Playground Injuries this fall, producers announced today.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
The play is a Pulitzer Prize finalist and winner of Best American Play from the New York Drama Critics’ Circle.
—Andrea Manes, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Pulitzer Prize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Pulitzer%20Prize. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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