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prominent

[prom-uh-nuhnt] / ˈprɒm ə nənt /




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Saronic is currently valued at $9.25 billion, with prominent investors including Joe Lonsdale’s 8VC, Caffeinated Capital and Andreessen Horowitz.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Khan, a prominent British lawyer, has been on voluntary leave to fight the allegations since May 2025.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Pulte the grandson hasn’t donated to any prominent Fellowship candidates.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

Labelled as planet X, prominent astronomers had put it forward as an explanation for Uranus’s orbit, which drifts from the path of orbital motion that physics would expect it to follow.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

The leaflets are then loaded on planes and dropped across the countryside, while posters— painted by some of Japan’s most talented artists—are pasted on the walls of schools, churches, and other prominent buildings.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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