prominent
Example Sentences
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When nationally prominent figures die, members of China’s top leadership and retired party grandees send wreaths and, in certain cases, personally attend the funerals.
The movement is not prominent in India now with most major political parties, including in Punjab - where Sikhs make up the majority of the population - opposing such calls.
From BBC
Teachers took to picket lines despite last-minute pleas from San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie and prominent lawmakers, including U.S.
From Los Angeles Times
"Political leaders are judged on their performance, not on their gender," Liberal Senator, and prominent Taylor backer, James Paterson said on Thursday.
From BBC
The result is that all those who go to Mass on Ash Wednesday leave the church with a prominent symbol of religious faith marked on their faces, “so that others may see them.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
