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Recent Examples of Synonyms for illustriousness
Noun
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Still, Valéry’s eminence as a modernist is indisputable.—
Benjamin Kunkel,
The New Yorker,
9 Dec. 2024 -
But Mufasa doesn’t offer the iconic character a story worthy of his eminence.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
17 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The last 2,000 tickets for the 1967 All-Star Game went on sale for $2 and $3, and for that price, the paying fans got to see greatness.—
Daniel Brown,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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Regardless, the film’s scandalous backstory remains an essential component of its all-American greatness.—
John Semley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Song Jae-lim, a former model who rose to prominence in K-dramas, was found dead in his apartment last November at age 39.—
Yoonjung Seo,
CNN,
17 Feb. 2025
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Voight rose to prominence as a male prostitute who befriends a hustler (Dustin Hoffman) in the Best Picture-winning Midnight Cowboy (1969), earning him a Best Actor nomination.—
Skyler Trepel,
EW.com,
16 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Despite not originally being intended for public use, the classification is now used to determine prestige, attract funding and faculty.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Feb. 2025
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The prestige hair care brand is getting into fragrance with the launch of L’Originale, an eau de parfum debuting on the Sephora app Feb. 18 and on the brand’s website, the retailer’s website as well as select travel retail points of sale the following day.—
James Manso,
WWD,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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When Hurricane Katrina devastated the area in 2005, the city worked quickly to clean up the beach, restoring the sand to its former soft and white glory.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
17 Feb. 2025
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Flying high as Super Bowl LIX champions, Philadelphia Eagles fans have already experienced title glory once this season.—
Eduardo Tansley,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The war on terror after 2001 further eroded internationalism, with the United States using its preeminence to coerce, cajole, or flatter nations into joining its military campaigns, with little consideration for how Washington’s actions would damage U.S. relations with the non-Western world.—
Michael Brenes,
Foreign Affairs,
28 Jan. 2025
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After the Trump administration revoked California’s permission to set its own emission limits on car exhaust — which comes from an Environmental Protection Agency waiver of the federal law’s preeminence over state rules — California sued.—
CalMatters,
The Mercury News,
20 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Raymond is smaller in stature, but that doesn’t keep him from going into corners or below the goal line to win pucks for his line.—
Max Bultman,
The Athletic,
19 Feb. 2025
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The department described the man as short in stature, between the ages of 50 and 60, with gray hair and a full beard.—
Melissa Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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Noem will have until July 12 to extend or terminate the status, per the National Law Review.—
Julia Gomez,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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Down the status and stature yardstick are the shorter, stockier Mediterranean fan palm as well as the jelly palm, whose fruit lives up to the name.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Illustriousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illustriousness. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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