prominence

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The president has done the same for many of his other recent nominees, no matter the prominence of the court vacancy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

Offset, whose birth name is Kiari Kendrell Cephus, shares three children with estranged wife Cardi B. The rapper gained prominence as a member of the hip-hop trio Migos during the 2010s.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

This is indeed a 19th-century term, but the baseball usage dates from the early 1880s: The word rose in prominence with the trial of Charles Guiteau, the assassin of President James Garfield.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Szubarczyk rose to prominence in April 2025 when he reached the final of the open-age event at the European Championship and won the World Amateur Championship later that year.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Seattle sports had once risen briefly to international prominence, in 1917, when the city’s professional hockey team, the Metropolitans, became the first American team to win the Stanley Cup, defeating the Montreal Canadiens.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown