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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Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick, Bradley Whitford, Ina Garten, JJ Abrams, Michael Kors, Lance LePere, and Annie Leibovitz were some of the guests on hand to see the 2011 play—a Pulitzer Prize finalist—remounted. — Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2026 It’s based on the 2023 novel of the same name by Daniel Kraus, who this year won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for Angel Down, about American soldiers in World War I who discover an angel who’s been shot down over a battlefield in France. — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026 Her Pulitzer Prize-winning 2025 memoir, Things in Nature Merely Grow, chronicled the loss of her sons and her effort to go on. — Terry Gross, NPR, 13 Oct. 2026 In 2008 Díaz won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for Pulitzer Prize

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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 27 Oct. 2026.

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