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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Gary Cohn, a long-time journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize as a reporter for The Baltimore Sun, died Dec. 23 at the age of 72. —

Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 28 Dec. 2024 Buy Now Bridget Jones 4: All About the Romantic Franchise's Next Installment 13 of 15 'Angela's Ashes' by Frank McCourt This memoir of author Frank McCourt's devastatingly impoverished childhood in Ireland won the Pulitzer Prize for its luminous prose and stunning story. —

Lizz Schumer, People.com, 28 Dec. 2024 Who among our staff writers recently won a Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting—and for what story? —

The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2024 Legal targets also include the board of the Pulitzer Prize, publisher Simon & Schuster and the Des Moines Register. —

Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 26 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for Pulitzer Prize

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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