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

The deadly shooting of a 37-year-old woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in a residential neighborhood in south Minneapolis has brought back painful memories of another high-profile incident in which a civilian died at the hands of a law enforcement officer. —Jonah Kaplan, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026

But high-profile incidents — especially the fatal stabbing of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on LYNX Blue Line light rail — sparked widespread debate about the city’s handling of crime. —Mary Ramsey january 8, Charlotte Observer, 8 Jan. 2026

The debate over shooting at moving vehicles has been sharpened by high-profile cases, including a 2023 shooting in Ohio in which an officer fired through the windshield of a car in a grocery store parking lot while investigating a shoplifting allegation. —Claudia Lauer, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2026

One of the most high-profile lawsuits involved Florida mom Megan Garcia, who sued Character. —Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026