luminary

Kent’s jet-black sea is indistinguishable from the cosmos, and his white whale glows like some luminary body within it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026

A luminary in his field, Tao conducts research that examines, in part, whether a group of numbers are random or structured.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025

During his practice round, Spielberg had a funny bit where he named a deceased Hollywood luminary as the pretend winner.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2024

Much like York, who was eventually collected by Jacqueline Kennedy and revered by the elite, Anderson has transformed from an outsider to a luminary, celebrated by the glitterati and beyond.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2024

Vincenzo Perugia became, briefly, a luminary on the level of the Mona Lisa itself.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

To help cover his expenses, he started the Midnight Ramble, a series of concerts at “the Barn,” his house and recording studio, that attracted luminaries like Elvis Costello, Kris Kristofferson and Norah Jones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

I don’t think anybody could gather a roomful of luminaries like that from entertainment, tech and politics in the way that Clive did.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026

Pope Leo recently issued an encyclical on AI that built on the work last September of a panel of Nobel laureates, tech specialists and other luminaries the Vatican had assembled.

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