prominence
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The global prominence of K-pop provided a model for training and a ready fanbase for its zingy, powerfully sung forays through pop, club and hip-hop.
From Los Angeles Times • 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
"The lateral view of the soldier's frontal prominence and elongated head resembles the head of a sperm whale, and in both organisms, the mandibles are eclipsed by the head," he said.
From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026
It has come to prominence recently and been dubbed "Tehran's tollbooth" -- a stopping-off point for the handful of vessels that Iran has approved to exit or enter the Gulf.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
People often take the abundance and prominence of reports on psychics and parapsychological matters to be a kind of evidence of their validity.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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