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.
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Jury selection is expected to start on that date, which happens to be the same Monday of another high-profile event in New York: the Met Gala.
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Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 4 May 2025
Dasha has been named by Amazon Music as the service’s next Breakthrough Artist, part of a spring wave the rising country singer is riding with some fresh material and high-profile live appearances.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 2 May 2025
Notably, the online event follows a series of high-profile auctions on the eBay marketplace, including collections from Elton John, who raised money for the Elton John AIDS Foundation, Margherita Maccapani Missoni and Jenna Lyons, as reported by WWD.
—Alexandra Pastore, Footwear News, 2 May 2025
Harvard has emerged as the Trump administration’s most high-profile foe after the White House’s Joint Task Force to Combat Antisemitism last month announced a freeze of more than $2 billion in its federal research funding.
—Andy Rose, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
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Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 4 May 2025
Dasha has been named by Amazon Music as the service’s next Breakthrough Artist, part of a spring wave the rising country singer is riding with some fresh material and high-profile live appearances.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 2 May 2025
Notably, the online event follows a series of high-profile auctions on the eBay marketplace, including collections from Elton John, who raised money for the Elton John AIDS Foundation, Margherita Maccapani Missoni and Jenna Lyons, as reported by WWD.
—Alexandra Pastore, Footwear News, 2 May 2025
Harvard has emerged as the Trump administration’s most high-profile foe after the White House’s Joint Task Force to Combat Antisemitism last month announced a freeze of more than $2 billion in its federal research funding.
—Andy Rose, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
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“High-profile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high-profile. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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