How to Use prestige in a Sentence

prestige

noun
  • The job has low pay and low prestige.
  • The family has wealth and social prestige.
  • Her career as a diplomat has brought her enormous prestige.
  • The at-large bids bring both cash and prestige to the conference.
    oregonlive, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Never had the prestige of the United States been higher in that part of the world.
    Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
  • Malkovich adds an injection of prestige to the project.
    Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 May 2024
  • The plunging pound is a blow to the U.K.'s prestige as well as its pocketbook.
    Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2022
  • In some cases, the prestige of a new car is a requirement for work.
    Elizabeth Rivelli, Car and Driver, 3 Jan. 2023
  • But the show doesn’t present itself as prestige TV, or even as a slick tale of a scorned wife’s revenge.
    Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 5 July 2024
  • The first area is the prestige limited event series space.
    K.j. Yossman, Variety, 12 June 2023
  • Yet the tidal waves of prestige still keep their distance from Toyota.
    Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 16 Sep. 2022
  • For of-the-moment items, Wright said that speed is as equally crucial as the prestige of the piece itself.
    Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 July 2023
  • The pairing of Cruise and the filmmaker is sure to raise the notion that the actor is hoping for a prestige play.
    Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2024
  • For seven of its eight episodes, The Penguin paid homage to the antihero era of prestige TV.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
  • Both games push against the trend of games chasing Hollywood’s glitz and prestige.
    Gene Park, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The Year of the Dragon symbolizes prestige, power and strength.
    Emma Hall, Sacramento Bee, 29 Jan. 2024
  • And should students choose where to go to college based on what has become a proxy for prestige?
    Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2022
  • But as his prestige grew, so too did Prigozhin’s criticism of those around Putin.
    Peter Rutland, Fortune, 25 June 2023
  • What matters to us is cinema and all those who work to give it its prestige.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Indeed, the Achilles’ heel of such items is discounting, which chips away at the aura of prestige.
    The Editors, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024
  • But the newest honor comes with an extra dose of prestige.
    Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The kind of story that usually shows up on prestige TV these days, not the movie theater.
    Constance Grady, Vox, 18 July 2024
  • There was a period of prestige TV where there was a false view that these shows are novels.
    Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Aug. 2024
  • Gerken said, however, the prestige is not worth the cost to low-income students.
    Camilo Fonseca, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Nov. 2022
  • So don’t be surprised if the Monsoon pick up a sixth title, even if this one wouldn’t carry the same prestige with the advent of the Open.
    Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 15 Feb. 2023
  • For Moscow, the havoc befalling the residents of Nagorno-Karabakh marks a loss of prestige.
    Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
  • In terms of price, prestige, and demand for a reservation, the place makes Dorsia look like the Olive Garden.
    A.a. Dowd, Chron, 16 Nov. 2022
  • There is prestige to be had building a successful business in the U.S.
    Philipp Pieper, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2022
  • But even with that, prestige shoes are still ridiculously priced.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 23 Aug. 2023
  • What’s in a name When giftedness became a matter of prestige rather than a particular learning style and need, all bets were off.
    Karin Klein, The Mercury News, 27 Nov. 2024

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