as in status
the respect and admiration that someone or something gets for being successful or important
Her career as a diplomat has brought her enormous prestige. The job has low pay and low prestige.
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Recent Examples of prestige
Known for her work in prestige drama and true-crime storytelling, Miles recently co-wrote the Netflix psychological drama The Unforgivable, directed by Nora Fingscheidt and starring Sandra Bullock.
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2026
Buyers pay top dollar for the history, rarity, and prestige these awards represent, as well as the stories of the athletes who earned them.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2026
At Kings Island, a gold pass is $145, and a prestige pass is $225.
—Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Feb. 2026
However, your interest in gritty prestige crime dramas that expose the socioeconomic complexities and ethical ambiguities within the justice system?
—Talia Argondezzi, New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2026
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2026
Buyers pay top dollar for the history, rarity, and prestige these awards represent, as well as the stories of the athletes who earned them.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2026
At Kings Island, a gold pass is $145, and a prestige pass is $225.
—Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Feb. 2026
However, your interest in gritty prestige crime dramas that expose the socioeconomic complexities and ethical ambiguities within the justice system?
—Talia Argondezzi, New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for prestige
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prestige
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But Savannah Guthrie's celebrity status has also garnered extensive resources from the federal and local government — including a $100,000 FBI reward for accurate information about her whereabouts or that could lead to an arrest and conviction of whoever took her.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Feb. 2026
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Directed by Pradip Krishen and originally made for Indian state broadcaster Doordarshan, the film is set in a Delhi architecture school in the mid-1970s and has achieved cult status over the decades.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2026
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The Moment, which had its world premiere at Sundance last month, follows the highs and lows of a popstar’s rise to global fame.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Feb. 2026
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Her fame also meant a lot of people's thoughts ran first to the possibility of kidnapping and ransom as soon as reports that her mother was missing came out.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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Nationwide, with more than 3,000 robots delivering food between the two leading companies, the robots are gaining traction, visibility and some notoriety.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2026
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In the Lindbergh case, thousands of phony ransom notes came in, whether from those hungry for cash or notoriety, hoping to get a bite by association with the desperate aviator’s story.—
Kase Wickman,
Vanity Fair,
7 Feb. 2026
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Choral music remains one of the most moving and timeless performances with global renown.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Feb. 2026
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BabyRace is a kid karting school of such renown that Ron Howard’s Imagine Documentaries started developing a docuseries about it last year.—
Sarah Hepola,
Dallas Morning News,
31 Jan. 2026
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Advertisement Navalny rose to prominence as an anti-corruption campaigner and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests, becoming a key opponent of President Vladimir Putin.—
Nandika Chatterjee,
Time,
14 Feb. 2026
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Person, who first rose to national prominence as a leading MTV VJ between 1995 and 2011, worked extensively as a presenter in Brazilian television before dedicating herself to directing.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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Trump has instead argued for protecting existing owners who have watched the values of their homes climb.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Feb. 2026
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This is why sports retain the rare commercial value as live programming.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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Van Der Beek spoke with USA TODAY in August 2025 about the importance of catching it early.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
12 Feb. 2026
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The collaboration between Fincantieri and Generative Bionics also holds strategic importance in strengthening European technological sovereignty by drawing on expertise developed across research institutions and the advanced industrial supply chain.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Feb. 2026
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The drug, an oral medicine called infigratinib, met its primary goal in a study enrolling more than 100 kids with achondroplasia, a rare genetic disorder that results in short stature and can lead to serious medical complications.—
Damian Garde,
STAT,
12 Feb. 2026
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If not for his 7-foot-4 stature, ex-NBA center Boban Marjanovic could have been any other member of the student section during the UConn women’s basketball team’s game against Creighton on Wednesday night at Gampel Pavilion.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
12 Feb. 2026
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“Prestige.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prestige. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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