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prestigious

[pre-stij-uhs, -stij-ee-uhs, -stee-juhs, -stee-jee-uhs] / prɛˈstɪdʒ əs, -ˈstɪdʒ i əs, -ˈsti dʒəs, -ˈsti dʒi əs /


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Beneath the prestigious firms, bar admissions and T14 law schools, the applicants listed additional skills.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

They then rallied past host Iolani, 18-25, 25-11, 15-9, in Saturday’s championship match to win the prestigious tournament for the first time.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

Their findings are revealed in a recent paper published in the prestigious Astrophysical Journal Letters.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Black academic Jason Arday, who resigned from the University of Cambridge last week amid a high-profile plagiarism storm that featured racism claims, was found dead Friday, the prestigious British institution confirmed.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

The Brigham accepted Farmer and Jim Kim into its prestigious residency program in internal medicine.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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