public figure
Example Sentences
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"This isn't really an accusation, something from more than 30 years ago, but rather a public attack on a public figure," Fabian Fernandez, a 30-year-old accountant, told AFP in Havana.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
While many Ye fans have stuck by him as an artist and continued to stream his hits, his image as a public figure remains tainted and—for some consumers and brands—off-limits.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
“Being a public figure, I’ve always sold,” explains Wilkinson.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
Although he has grown up as Crown Prince Haakon's stepson, Marius Borg Høiby is not a member of the royal family or a public figure.
From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026
Not just a respectable grocer or dry cleaner or doctor, but a larger public figure who was willing to speak and act outside the tight sphere of his family.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
