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 Advertisement Newsletter Get the latest from Michael Hiltzik Commentary on economics and more from a Pulitzer Prize winner. —

Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024 Seventeen Grammys, an Emmy, a Pulitzer Prize, Drake's gander. —

Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 22 Oct. 2024 Johnson is President and CEO of Brooklyn Public Library In September, one of the largest public school systems in Tennessee banned Toni Morrison’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel Beloved. —

Anthony W. Marx, Dennis M. Walcott, TIME, 19 Oct. 2024 About the Author Ed Park is the author of the novels Same Bed Different Dreams, a finalist for the 2024 Pulitzer Prize and the winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and Personal Days. —

Ed Park, The Atlantic, 12 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for Pulitzer Prize

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Word History

First Known Use

1918, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of Pulitzer Prize was in 1918

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“Pulitzer Prize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Pulitzer%20Prize. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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