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prominence

[prom-uh-nuhns] / ˈprɒm ə nəns /




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The route has grown in prominence amid tighter controls and increased cooperation between European countries and North African states, which may have diverted some journeys away from the central Mediterranean.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

Wong sprang to prominence during widespread protests more than a decade ago, and was later involved in the huge pro-democracy rallies in 2019 that triggered the imposition of the national security law.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

As an artist, he rose to prominence as a teen in the early ’80s with the duo Cybotron, with Richard “3070” Davis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

The cosmological constant returned to prominence in the 1990s, when astronomers discovered that cosmic expansion was speeding up.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

When I said Montgomery, they launched into a lecture about Monroeville’s prominence as a result of Harper Lee and her famous novel.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

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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