luminary
Example Sentences
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Each fall, it holds Porktoberfest where volunteers serve 1,800 free pork burgers and local luminaries participate in a “kiss the pig” fundraiser.
Meanwhile luminaries in the game, such as Eddie Jones, have long advocated limiting the number of replacements in a bid to increase fatigue, open up space, and reduce the number of collisions.
From BBC
Unlike the rock luminaries he came of age alongside, Mr. Reid did not bask in the lights of the stage.
From New York Times
A poem about the jazz luminary Sun Ra.
From New York Times
The letter, from Future of Life Institute and signed by the luminaries, wants development to be halted temporarily at that level, warning in their letter of the risks future, more advanced systems might pose.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
