prestige

Example Sentences

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There's still prestige in being the first to plant your flag in the lunar dust.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

The director of “The Fly” and “Videodrome” isn’t in the film long, but he bequeaths prestige upon these splat-hijinks that they don’t quite deserve.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

And interviewing a sitting president has long conferred prestige, which might well feel paramount amid shrinking audiences and newsroom layoffs.

From Slate • Mar. 18, 2026

He didn’t repudiate his warnings when they failed to pan out, yet didn’t lose his popularity or prestige.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Miles of bunting draped dozens of platforms, where speakers, by virtue of their prestige as men of property or of exceptional eloquence, found themselves called upon to fan the wrath of the people.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt