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prestigious

Definition for prestigious

adjective as in famous, influential

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When he was a child, his aunt and uncle accidentally enrolled him in a Baptist boarding school in Kentucky, thinking it was a prestigious prep school.

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Though she had netted the prestigious title, the job itself was a letdown.

The 22-year-old from Northern Ireland was a model of consistency all week at Fanling, leading from round one to triumph at the prestigious Asian Tour event in dominant fashion.

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It also won the coastal category and secured a prestigious gold accolade in the awards, run by the Royal Horticultural Society.

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Macon, who’d held a prestigious clerkship with the North Carolina Court of Appeals, did not continue her legal career.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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