public figure

Example Sentences

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Kirk seems to have been the last public figure with credibility among young people who was committed to deliberation and the shared pursuit of truth.

From The Wall Street Journal

Riggs knew what he was doing in challenging King, a player whose public figure was tied into the ever-growing women's rights movement.

From BBC

Newly released state papers by the National Archives of Ireland, over 20 years later, reveal the privately held views of senior civil servants, politicians and public figures at the time of the heist.

From BBC

We often learn more about a public figure from the passions they license in others than from their own speeches.

From Salon

Michelle Mitchell, chief executive of Cancer Research UK, said public figures speaking openly about cancer can encourage others to have a check up.

From BBC