prominence
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Another element of the plot, which grows in prominence as the film proceeds, concerns the banding together of the handful of android children in the neighborhood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
It came to prominence recently as "Tehran's tollbooth" -- a stopping-off point for the handful of vessels that Iran approved to exit or enter the Gulf during its initial blockade earlier in the war.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
As the chief negotiator for Hamas, Hayya gained international prominence by leading the group's delegations at indirect ceasefire talks, meeting mediators in Egypt and Qatar.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Disraeli rose to prominence in 1846 when his party split over the decision of Robert Peel, the Conservative prime minister, to end duties on imported grain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Louis’s rise to prominence had been so spectacular that few American sportswriters or bookies gave Schmeling much of a chance.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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Another feature that can be seen are flame-like structures called prominences on the edge of the sun, showing up in contrast to the white light of the corona.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
“Solar prominences, corona, oh my god!” he said.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2023
You should also avoid shoes with seams or hard materials that may rub and place pressure on bony prominences.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 15, 2021
Some stars might be visible, too, but I prefer to stare at the corona and the bright red prominences extending out from the surface into the corona.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2017
Violent solar storms produce brilliant flares that disrupt radio communications on Earth; and immense arching plumes of hot gas, guided by the Sun’s magnetic field, the solar prominences, which dwarf the Earth.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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