Pulitzer Prizenoun [ C ]
/ˈpʌl.ɪt.sə ˌpraɪz//ˈpʌl.ɪt.sɚ ˌpraɪz/one of several prizes given each year for achievements in literature, journalism, or music in the United States:
Whitehead won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
He got a Pulitzer Prize for writing about Vietnam for The New York Times.
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- The story won him the Pulitzer Prize.
- She is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner.
- Ives won the Pulitzer Prize for music in 1947 for his "Third Symphony."
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Prizes, rewards and medals
- Academy Award
- award
- blue ribbon
- booby prize
- bronze
- bronze medal
- colour
- gong
- Grammy
- honor
- honorable
- honour
- honourable mention
- Purple Heart
- quid pro quo
- reward
- ribbon
- rollover
- stake
- VC
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