prominence
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Given Mr. Moritz’s success and prominence in this country, “it’s odd to feel like an outsider when everyone considers you an insider,” he admits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Vucic rose to prominence in the 1990s as an ultra-nationalist ally of Milosevic, serving as his information minister in 1998.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
In 2024, shortly after the Dodgers signed two-way sensation Shohei Ohtani, the club moved the lantern to a place of prominence outside the top-deck gates, overlooking the downtown skyline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
A non-profit organization called Model Evaluation and Threat Research has grown in prominence recently after being mentioned in Amodei’s essay as a potential third-party evaluator.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
But Harriet never found its equal and devoted her life instead to poetry, eventually founding Poetry magazine, where she helped launch Ezra Pound toward national prominence.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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Solar prominences are enormous structures of glowing plasma that extend outward from the Sun's surface and are often shaped by powerful magnetic fields.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
And for those looking closely they may have seen small loops of pink gas called prominences following the Sun's turbulent magnetic field.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Another feature that can be seen are flame-like structures called prominences on the edge of the sun, showing up in contrast to the white light of the corona.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
“Solar prominences, corona, oh my god!” he said.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2023
Violent solar storms produce brilliant flares that disrupt radio communications on Earth; and immense arching plumes of hot gas, guided by the Sun’s magnetic field, the solar prominences, which dwarf the Earth.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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