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Recent Examples of prominence Melvyn Tan, who came to prominence as a fortepiano specialist, has moved in the other direction, recording Debussy and even Beethoven on a regular grand piano. David Denby, New Yorker, 20 July 2025 Following a down year in 2024, Lamb and Parsons will attempt to help the Cowboys return to prominence in the NFC this season. Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 July 2025 Those summers weren’t exactly launch pads to NBA prominence. Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 19 July 2025 Allan Hawco rose to prominence as the co-creator, executive producer, and star of the CBC comedy Republic of Doyle (2010–2014), which landed him two Gemini nominations. Randall Colburn, EW.com, 10 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for prominence
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prominence
Noun
  • Two groups of people assembled Friday morning on a dirt hill overlooking a freeway.
    Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2025
  • Elsewhere, mountainsides are terraced like gigantic stairs by the harvesting of stone, a ceiling vent sits above a bulldozer at the top of an industrial hill like a halo, and a machine 3-D-prints out shapes with cement as though creating decorations with gray icing for an immense cake.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • For the first time this season Monday, Sandy Alcantara will take the mound for the Marlins unburdened by trade speculation.
    Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 2 Aug. 2025
  • The typical timeline to get back on the mound after Tommy John surgery is 12-15 months.
    Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Thanks to courses in communication studies, students are schooled in the evolving business models of the creative industries, and dive into allyship and advocacy through sound studies and the school’s eminence in audiology.
    Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 23 Apr. 2025
  • The eminence whom the film casts as the prime mover of benevolent governance is Nelson Rockefeller, a liberal Republican (the breed wasn’t uncommon then) who was the state’s governor from 1959 to 1973.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Tours can happen almost any time of the year outside of the depth of winter, though many operators tend to skip the peak heat of July and August unless the route is at higher, cooler mountain elevations.
    Sal Vaglica, USA Today, 28 July 2025
  • Recessed balconies are awkward accents on the east and west elevations.
    Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 27 July 2025
Noun
  • Held from June 26 to June 29, hikers travel about 1,500 feet up the mountain, enough times to mimic the height of Mount Everest, which is located between China and Nepal.
    Nicholas Rice, People.com, 27 July 2025
  • New York — President Donald Trump has promised to unleash an economic boom that will turbocharge growth, fatten paychecks and chip away at America’s mountain of debt.
    Matt Egan, CNN Money, 25 July 2025
Noun
  • The hike comes with a rewarding payoff: The view of waters rushing off a cliff into a turquoise pool, a setting that's the crown jewel of the Havasupai Indian Reservation.
    Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 25 July 2025
  • Magic wrote alongside a photo of the happy group, posed on the deck, in front of a dramatic backdrop of seaside cliffs.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 24 July 2025

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“Prominence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prominence. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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