Pulitzer Prize

noun

Pu·​lit·​zer Prize ˈpu̇-lət-sər- How to pronounce Pulitzer Prize (audio)
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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President Donald Trump has won the right to sue the Pulitzer Prize board in Florida. Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025 Set to a medley of the Pulitzer Prize winner’s hits with dances choreographed by Charm La’Donna, Kendrick reminded audiences virtual and physical about the flexibility of the casually utilitarian silhouettes. Essence, 14 Feb. 2025 Before becoming one of America’s foremost historians, a Pulitzer Prize winner and writer of seminal books on Abraham Lincoln (a basis for the Steven Spielberg film Lincoln), Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Teddy Roosevelt and Johnson, Kearns Goodwin became a White House Fellow under LBJ. Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 14 Feb. 2025 Newsletter Get the latest from Michael Hiltzik Commentary on economics and more from a Pulitzer Prize winner. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025 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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“Pulitzer Prize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Pulitzer%20Prize. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.

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