prestigious
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He won the PGA Tour's prestigious Players Championship last month and is looking to follow in the footsteps of McIlroy and Scheffler, who did the double in 2025 and 2024.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
Orange Lutheran has won two prestigious tournaments in the same year — the Boras Classic South and the National High School Invitational in North Carolina.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026
He attended the Officers Training School, seen as less prestigious than the Pakistan Military Academy that has usually groomed the country’s army chiefs, according to Basit.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
In January 2025 Campbell's work creating and starring in his adaptation of The Tragedy of Richard III was recognised at a prestigious ceremony.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
She also became the first black vocalist to appear as a soloist with the Philharmonic Society at Philadelphia’s prestigious Academy of Music.
From "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman
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