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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A couple of weeks before the game, Lamar, a 22-time Grammy winner and Pulitzer Prize winner who like Williams was born and raised in Compton, Calif., reached out to her.
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Sean Gregory, Time, 16 Apr. 2025
Her online engagement, editing and production work has been recognized with the Online Journalism Award for General Excellence (2014), a Lone Star Regional Emmy (2019), as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting (2014).
—Sarah Whitmire, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
For Evie Shockley, a Pulitzer Prize finalist who was first a fellow (1997, 1998, 1999) and later returned as a faculty member, Cave Canem has made room for expansive ideas of what that means.
—Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Image In 1976, the paper nominated Mr. Holland for a Pulitzer Prize.
—Penelope Green, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
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Sean Gregory, Time, 16 Apr. 2025
Her online engagement, editing and production work has been recognized with the Online Journalism Award for General Excellence (2014), a Lone Star Regional Emmy (2019), as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting (2014).
—Sarah Whitmire, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
For Evie Shockley, a Pulitzer Prize finalist who was first a fellow (1997, 1998, 1999) and later returned as a faculty member, Cave Canem has made room for expansive ideas of what that means.
—Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Image In 1976, the paper nominated Mr. Holland for a Pulitzer Prize.
—Penelope Green, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
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“Pulitzer Prize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Pulitzer%20Prize. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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