prestigious
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This year women swept the country's most prestigious literary prize - the Yi Sang Awards - winning in all six categories for the first time.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
One friend, a former senior executive at a finance company, had turned down several prestigious offers to join corporate boards and instead was planting a garden at her summer home in Maine and growing vegetables.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
He won the PGA Tour's prestigious Players Championship last month and is looking to follow in the footsteps of McIlroy and Scheffler, who did the double in 2025 and 2024.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
Orange Lutheran has won two prestigious tournaments in the same year — the Boras Classic South and the National High School Invitational in North Carolina.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026
In November of 1998, it voted to give that prestigious award to me and the eight other black students who integrated Central High School in Little Rock.
From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals
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