How to Use public figure in a Sentence
public figure
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Douglass is the first public figure to be profiled in the enlarged gallery.
—Janelle Harris Dixon, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Oct. 2023
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But this is still a very important, very public figure.
—Abc News, ABC News, 20 May 2024
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Hicks is not the most public figure in the Defense Department, instead opting to work behind the scenes.
—Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 14 Jan. 2024
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The judge also observed that Sabatini is likely to be found to be a public figure.
—Bymeredith Wadman, science.org, 6 Apr. 2023
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Lower courts had said the producer wasn’t a public figure.
—Jennifer Peltz, Fortune, 23 June 2023
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My former husband is not a celebrity or public figure, nor are any of the letter writers.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2024
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If and when a public figure decides to open up about their body (which they are not obligated to!) is completely up to them.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 25 July 2023
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But the best was Yang as Rep. George Santos, a public figure whose real-life deceptions are tough to top as comedy.
—Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2023
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Hoover has come to realize that being a public figure comes with tremendous pressure.
—Lucy Feldman, Time, 10 July 2023
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The singer-songwriter isn't the only public figure who has been candid about her struggles with the autoimmune disease.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 16 Apr. 2024
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Since the 2019 interview, Prince Andrew has remained a public figure.
—Zoe G. Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 June 2024
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Ohtani, 29, has always been shrouded in secrecy as a public figure.
—Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2023
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And Crawford isn't the only stylish public figure wearing white blazers this spring — Kate Middleton wore a similar style just a few weeks ago.
—Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2023
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This is a healthy concern for any public figure to have, particularly one who, like Cohen, has built his career skipping up to the line of propriety.
—Jessica Pressler, Vulture, 3 June 2024
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The former is discourse, which is very much within the scope of acceptable behavior toward a public figure; the latter is harassment, which is very much not.
—Jake Novak, CNN, 8 Mar. 2023
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Though Burns is a public figure, thanks to his fast-rising profile in the golf world, Campbell keeps her life out of the spotlight, including having a private Instagram account.
—Emily Krauser, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2023
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Navalny, who was educated as a lawyer, became active in politics in the early two-thousands and emerged as a public figure around 2010.
—Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2024
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This is an essential part of his political persona: the aggrieved public figure who is at perpetual war with the world around him.
—Julian Zelizer, CNN, 24 Mar. 2023
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The Florida bill would narrow the definition of who qualifies as a public figure.
—Lori Rozsa, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2023
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Pink may be known for her feats of derring-do, but there’s no fearlessness like withstanding the slings and arrows of being a reasonably outspoken public figure.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 15 Feb. 2023
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William isn’t the only public figure LARPing as a service industry worker this summer.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 2 Aug. 2023
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To show actual malice, a public figure must prove the publisher knew the offending statements were false or acted with reckless disregard for the truth.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2023
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There is no conceptual space in the bill for a public figure’s rhetoric to be both discriminatory and religious.
—Charles McCrary, The New Republic, 3 Mar. 2023
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Despite Pérez being a public figure, their relationship has remained largely out of the spotlight.
—Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2024
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After initially trying to embrace life as a public figure, Lewinsky ultimately stepped out of the public eye and remained silent for almost a decade.
—Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 21 July 2023
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On her podcast, High Low, EmRata opened up about casually dating while living life as a public figure.
—Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Feb. 2023
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Many observers and analysts found that noteworthy, given that Ohanian is still a rather public figure.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2024
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Swift—a public figure with a platform comparable to that of some presidents—could be able to get everyday people to start caring about the issue, the former policy maker adds.
—Brian Contreras, Scientific American, 8 Feb. 2024
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The Senate bill still lowers the threshold for a public figure exempt from defamation laws and states that the publication of even an unaltered photograph, video, or audio recording could be defamation.
—Steven Lemongello, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2023
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As her fame grew, Holiday would face more than the prejudices of the day — federal and local government agencies were intent on diminishing her stature as a public figure.
—Paul Alexander, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2024
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