- plural of luminary.
luminaries
Example Sentences
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Sitting with luminaries such as Alibaba’s Jack Ma and DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng, according to state media, was a 55-year-old man named Chen Jianhua, founder of a company called Hengli Group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Here’s an idea for next year’s opening night gala: Reassemble these luminaries for a concert version of a musical and watch them scale new heights together.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
Her caveat—“believe half of what you see”—resonates throughout the book as it pivots off of works by luminaries in neuroscience, evolutionary biology and sociology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
When I started The Swell newsletter last December, I wanted the bonus culture recommendation to start with Salon’s staff before incorporating other experts, journalists and industry luminaries as guests.
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026
Not only did he answer my letter, but he included his response in his autobiography, sandwiched between letters to Nehru, Khrushchev, T. S. Eliot, D. H. Lawrence, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and other luminaries.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
