prestigious

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This year women swept the country's most prestigious literary prize - the Yi Sang Awards - winning in all six categories for the first time.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

The Bafta Games Awards are considered to be one of the more prestigious events in an industry hit hard by layoffs in recent years.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

One friend, a former senior executive at a finance company, had turned down several prestigious offers to join corporate boards and instead was planting a garden at her summer home in Maine and growing vegetables.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

In May, she leaves for a three-month residency with the prestigious Picador Professorship in Germany.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

One of the first things he did was to ask the country’s most prestigious medical society, the College of Physicians, to assemble on that rainy Sunday, August 25.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy