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

Cass’ credits include Lone Scherfig’s The Kindness of Strangers with Zoe Kazan, Bill Nighy and Andrea Riseborough, The Republic of Love from Pulitzer Prize winner Carol Shields’ novel with Susan Sarandon, Christopher Plummer, Gabriel Byrne and Max von Sydow and High Life with Timothy Olyphant. —Max Goldbart, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2025

Newsletter Get the latest from Michael Hiltzik Commentary on economics and more from a Pulitzer Prize winner. —Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2025

Hell's Kitchen — directed by Michael Greif, with a book by Pulitzer Prize finalist Kristoffer Diaz and choreography by Camille A. Brown — was nominated for 13 2024 Tony Awards, including best musical. —Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025

Toby Cubitt, University College London Moore had become fascinated with computation after reading Gödel, Escher, Bach, a Pulitzer Prize–winning book about systems that reference themselves. —Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 7 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1918, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Pulitzer Prize

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