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Definitions for Pulitzer
ˈpʊl ɪt sər, ˈpyu lɪt-pulitzer
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Princeton's WordNet
Pulitzer, Joseph Pulitzernoun
United States newspaper publisher (born in Hungary) who established the Pulitzer prizes (1847-1911)
Wiktionary
Pulitzernoun
a Pulitzer Prize, an annual American award given for journalism, literature, and music
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The Pulitzer Prize is a prestigious series of annual awards given in several categories, including journalism, literature, and musical composition, by Columbia University in the United States. The award was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of American (Hungarian-born) publisher Joseph Pulitzer, and is considered one of the top honors in these fields.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
PULITZER
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pulitzer is ranked #151532 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Pulitzer surname appeared 108 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Pulitzer.
97.2% or 105 total occurrences were White.
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Usage in printed sourcesFrom:
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Pulitzer in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Pulitzer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of Pulitzer in a Sentence
Growing up in Miami Beach, we had Lilly Pulitzer and Laura Ashley. I was used to a lot of color, you could call it a light bulb [ moment ] or a God-wink. I don't know what it was, but we went back and started the company the next day.
But it's not particularly a perfect timeline of history, if I were to do a book of photographs that recorded a timeline of history, there would be some Pulitzer winners that would not be in there and there would be some that would be.
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To be a prized scientist you have to be good at science, to be a mathematician, you have to be good at math, to be a Pulitzer prize winner, you'd have to my excellent at writing, but to be a famous person in history, learning history will get you nowhere." -Anonymous
Now The New York Times has an education division, The New York Times regularly turned its journalism into curriculum, as did The Pulitzer Center, who we ultimately partnered with. They are constantly turning works of journalism into curriculum.
We showed the world what was going on, and the world cared. It showed that humanity is still alive, we made for these unfortunate people’s voice to be heard. Now with a Pulitzer, we feel that our work has been professionally recognized.
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