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

Examples of Pulitzer Prize in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Newsletter Get the latest from Michael Hiltzik Commentary on economics and more from a Pulitzer Prize winner. —Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025

The Sun and El Sol Magazine earned a number of national awards in 2024, including the Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker, considered the Pulitzer Prize of college student newspapers. —Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2025

Music supervisor, arranger and orchestrator Tom Kitt is a two-time Tony, two-time Emmy, two-time Grammy and Pulitzer Prize winner known best for writing the hit musical Next to Normal. —Rebecca Milzoff, Billboard, 23 Apr. 2025

In 2020, she was posthumously awarded a Pulitzer Prize, more than a century after her truth made the powerful uncomfortable and the oppressed seen. —Sughnen Yongo, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1918, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Pulitzer Prize

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