prominence

Wong rose to prominence during Hong Kong's 2014 protests, known as the Umbrella Movement, and has been in and out of jail since 2017 due to protest-related prosecutions.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

The cosmological constant returned to prominence in the 1990s, when astronomers discovered that cosmic expansion was speeding up.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

He came to prominence as Oregon’s head coach in the 2000s and 2010s with the most up-tempo attack the sport had ever seen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Peters rose to internet prominence as a proponent of looksmaxxing, a trend related to extreme measures to improve one’s physical appearance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

The figure stopped, and at the moment a ray of moonlight fell upon the masses of driving clouds and showed in startling prominence a dark-haired woman, dressed in the cerements of the grave.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

Solar prominences are enormous structures of glowing plasma that extend outward from the Sun's surface and are often shaped by powerful magnetic fields.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026

And for those looking closely they may have seen small loops of pink gas called prominences following the Sun's turbulent magnetic field.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

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

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