luminary
Example Sentences
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The Core Club promised to bring together luminaries in business, arts, technology and culture in hopes of sparking some greater collective alchemy.
In China, the deaths of senior officials and other public luminaries provide opportunities for Pekingologists to find proof of life—both politically and literally.
The selloff left many of the market’s luminaries—those so well-known that they go simply as “Pomp” and “Novo” and “Mooch”—searching for answers.
She describes their sparkling years of early adulthood, when their lives intersected with an array of luminaries that included Bob Dylan, Andy Warhol, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix.
As news of her death spread on Friday, fellow performers and other luminaries were quick to react.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
