high-profile

adjective

: attracting a lot of attention in newspapers, on television, etc.
a high-profile legal case
a high-profile athlete
She has a very high-profile job.

Examples of high-profile in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Wilson's situation appears to be markedly different than that of another high-profile celebrity conservatorship: that of Britney Spears, which was in place for 13 years before being lifted in 2021. Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 10 May 2024 Ruel led a high-profile marketing push for the game featuring collaborations with Halsey, SUGA of BTS and Megan Fox. Jennifer Maas, Variety, 9 May 2024 Athletes and high-profile French representatives brought the flame to land in Marseille at an extremely high-security event. Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 9 May 2024 In the Spotlight is a Sacramento Bee series that digs into the high-profile local issues that readers care most about. Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 9 May 2024 Other high-profile Trump-adjacent figures were also named at-large delegates, including Tiffany Trump’s husband Michael Boulous, Donald Trump Jr.’s fiancée Kimberly Guilfoyle, and former Marvel Entertainment Chairman Ike Perlmutter. Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 9 May 2024 The company’s fund will give investors in Japan and overseas a new avenue for participating in high-profile Japanese entertainment projects. Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 May 2024 This is a busy week for Detroit Youth Choir: Half the group is in Kenya with director-founder Anthony White to perform in a music festival; the other members were enlisted for the high-profile hometown appearance. Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 27 Apr. 2024 But TikTok, created by a Chinese company only for the overseas market and evidence of the nation’s tech powers on the global stage, is a high-profile case that Beijing does not want to lose. Didi Tang, Fortune, 26 Apr. 2024

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“High-profile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high-profile. Accessed 16 May. 2024.

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