Pulitzer
Americannoun
noun
Usage
What is a Pulitzer? Pulitzer is a short name for the Pulitzer Prize, one of the annual prizes awarded for excellence in journalism, photojournalism, fiction and nonfiction books, drama, poetry, and music. Along with writers and artists, some prizes are also awarded to news publications. They are primarily awarded to U. S. citizens and U. S.-based publications. Winning a Pulitzer is widely considered one of the most prestigious honors in these fields, especially for U. S. journalism. How is Pulitzer pronounced?The correct pronunciation of Pulitzer is PULL-it-sur (not PYOOL-it-sur).
Example Sentences
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She was also part of a team that was a 2020 Pulitzer Prize investigative reporting finalist on the same topic.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
Ferrer won a 2022 Pulitzer for “Cuba: An American History.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
And the biggest, by far, was Ben Hill Griffin Jr. Even Peter Pulitzer, grandson of publishing tycoon Joseph Pulitzer, amassed a citrus empire.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
Ian Johnson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who has long reported on China's persecutory practices, says we are witnessing "probably the darkest period of time in decades" for freedom of expression under the CCP.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
Four decades later, Samuel Eliot Morison, twice a Pulitzer Prize ‘According to Joseph Conrad, the violence was of culinary origin. “
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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