prominent
Example Sentences
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His descendants revere Aegon the Conqueror so highly that he has numerous prominent namesakes.
From Los Angeles Times
As the third biggest economy on mainland Europe, you would expect Italy to play a prominent role in continental security.
From BBC
“Air power rarely produces friendly regime change,” said Robert A. Pape of the University of Chicago, a prominent scholar of air power.
From Los Angeles Times
A second family — a prominent Orange County one — stepped forward to open its doors to Mpoyi and form a stateside support system.
From Los Angeles Times
Hassan Khomeini, grandson of the Islamic Republic’s founder, has assumed a prominent public role in recent months, even appearing in place of Khamenei at an annual air force ceremony.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
