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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Halberstam edited the Harvard Crimson and distinguished himself young, at the Times, by winning the 1964 Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting for coverage of the Vietnam War.
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Paige Williams, New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2025
Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness accounts of war from the rice paddies of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq, has died.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 18 Dec. 2025
The paper won the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography and was a Pulitzer finalist for public service, investigative reporting, and commentary in Dold's first year at the top of the masthead, Northwestern noted.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Ever since the release of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel in 1982, The Color Purple has resonated with readers on a profound level.
—Diedre Johnson, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Dec. 2025
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Paige Williams, New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2025
Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness accounts of war from the rice paddies of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq, has died.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 18 Dec. 2025
The paper won the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography and was a Pulitzer finalist for public service, investigative reporting, and commentary in Dold's first year at the top of the masthead, Northwestern noted.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Ever since the release of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel in 1982, The Color Purple has resonated with readers on a profound level.
—Diedre Johnson, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Dec. 2025
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“Pulitzer Prize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Pulitzer%20Prize. Accessed 23 Dec. 2025.
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