prestige

Example Sentences

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It’s a sushi restaurant that is of very high prestige.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

There's still prestige in being the first to plant your flag in the lunar dust.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

And interviewing a sitting president has long conferred prestige, which might well feel paramount amid shrinking audiences and newsroom layoffs.

From Slate • Mar. 18, 2026

He didn’t repudiate his warnings when they failed to pan out, yet didn’t lose his popularity or prestige.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

You must, then, understand how in recent times, when the Empire began to be driven out of Italy and the Pope began to win more prestige in temporal affairs, Italy was divided into many states.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli