public figure
Example Sentences
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“Being a public figure, I’ve always sold,” explains Wilkinson.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
Commentators have suggested the effect of this is to personalise the campaign, which arguably works in favour of the more famous and colourful public figure - Dati.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026
Breuer’s evangelizing has made him an important public figure in a country unaccustomed to seeing and hearing from men in uniform.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
He teaches at Harvard and is a well-known public figure — a history communicator, scholar and storyteller and a minor TV star the world also knows as “Skip.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026
After checking with his attorney, he discovered that because he was a public figure, the producers—Paramount Pictures—had the right to use his name.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
