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prominence

[prom-uh-nuhns] / ˈprɒm ə nəns /




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Another element of the plot, which grows in prominence as the film proceeds, concerns the banding together of the handful of android children in the neighborhood.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

It came to prominence recently as "Tehran's tollbooth" -- a stopping-off point for the handful of vessels that Iran approved to exit or enter the Gulf during its initial blockade earlier in the war.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

And despite its prominence in school curriculum, young people in particular are ignorant of their country’s history.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

That prospect was growing dimmer a few years later when playwrights such as Suzan-Lori Parks and Lynn Nottage came into prominence.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

The Journal Club proved to be an ideal way to keep the lab abreast of the latest advances in physics, but over time the agenda reflected the lab’s own expanding prominence.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Another feature that can be seen are flame-like structures called prominences on the edge of the sun, showing up in contrast to the white light of the corona.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 1, 2024

“Solar prominences, corona, oh my god!” he said.

From New York Times Apr. 20, 2023

You should also avoid shoes with seams or hard materials that may rub and place pressure on bony prominences.

From Washington Post Aug. 15, 2021

Some stars might be visible, too, but I prefer to stare at the corona and the bright red prominences extending out from the surface into the corona.

From Salon Aug. 19, 2017

Violent solar storms produce brilliant flares that disrupt radio communications on Earth; and immense arching plumes of hot gas, guided by the Sun’s magnetic field, the solar prominences, which dwarf the Earth.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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