prominence
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GameStop rose to prominence as a "meme stock", which sees retail investors buy up shares in unloved companies that professional investors have bet against, causing the share price to rise and fall sharply.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
The duo rose to prominence together, even as the music sounded more and more like it was lost in a vortex.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
She rose to prominence in her 20s by defeating a Communist stalwart for a seat in Parliament in 1984.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
BioNTech rose to prominence during the Covid-19 pandemic, when it developed the first shot through a partnership with Pfizer, but has pivoted to cancer therapies in recent years.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
When I said Montgomery, they launched into a lecture about Monroeville’s prominence as a result of Harper Lee and her famous novel.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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