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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Witness the botch job that was made of assessing the 9% ratings drop in 2016, which apparently had nothing to with the usual election-year cannibalism or a tsunami of high-profile player injuries. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 9 Sep. 2026 While the Grand Theft Auto flap highlighted the political tension between the mayor and sheriff, Sunday’s crash of an Amazon cargo plane was the first practical test of how the high-profile relationship would work during a crisis. Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026 And high-profile new investors, such as Collab Capital, Kevin Hart’s HartBeat Ventures, and angel investors from Tesla, Uber, Amazon, and Google. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026 Some high-profile players from Utah followed Whittingham to Ann Arbor, too. Austin Meek, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for high-profile

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“High-profile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high-profile. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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