public figure

Example Sentences

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While many Ye fans have stuck by him as an artist and continued to stream his hits, his image as a public figure remains tainted and—for some consumers and brands—off-limits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

“Being a public figure, I’ve always sold,” explains Wilkinson.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

Commentators have suggested the effect of this is to personalise the campaign, which arguably works in favour of the more famous and colourful public figure - Dati.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

He teaches at Harvard and is a well-known public figure — a history communicator, scholar and storyteller and a minor TV star the world also knows as “Skip.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

The “peculiar accomplishment” of Alfred Loomis, it would later be written, was “being a public figure without letting the public in on it.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik