Examples of pride of place in a Sentence
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In one photo, a bunch of teens crowd into the frame, in which somebody’s giant boom box takes pride of place.
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Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2024
Most striking in the data is that China has lost pride of place as the biggest exporter to the United States.
—Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
The Prancing Horse logo occupies pride of place on the temple, naturally.
Conceived and developed on F1 tracks, the Scuderia Ferrari range is as sleek and sporty as the cars in its namesake racing division.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 6 Mar. 2024
The souvenirs continue to occupy pride of place in collections both private and public, including the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, which houses a box of them.
—Robert Klara, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024
Iran wants pride of place—politically, militarily, economically, and culturally—in the region and the world, and especially acknowledgment from a country that treated it as a puppet until 1979.
—Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2024
Iranian cinema, particularly dissident cinema, has long had pride of place at the German festival.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Feb. 2024
Taking pride of place along the ridge today are two innovative telescopes, the Twin Magellans, each with curved sweeps of aluminized glass 6.5 meters in diameter, side by side in separate enclosures.
—Dennis Overbye Marcos Zegers, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2023
His debut, Thief, about a freelance crook extorted by crime bosses, has gained pride of place in the personal canons of admirers who respond to its withering view of capitalist labor relations.
—John Semley, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2023
Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2024
Most striking in the data is that China has lost pride of place as the biggest exporter to the United States.
—Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
The Prancing Horse logo occupies pride of place on the temple, naturally.
Conceived and developed on F1 tracks, the Scuderia Ferrari range is as sleek and sporty as the cars in its namesake racing division.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 6 Mar. 2024
The souvenirs continue to occupy pride of place in collections both private and public, including the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, which houses a box of them.
—Robert Klara, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024
Iran wants pride of place—politically, militarily, economically, and culturally—in the region and the world, and especially acknowledgment from a country that treated it as a puppet until 1979.
—Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2024
Iranian cinema, particularly dissident cinema, has long had pride of place at the German festival.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Feb. 2024
Taking pride of place along the ridge today are two innovative telescopes, the Twin Magellans, each with curved sweeps of aluminized glass 6.5 meters in diameter, side by side in separate enclosures.
—Dennis Overbye Marcos Zegers, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2023
His debut, Thief, about a freelance crook extorted by crime bosses, has gained pride of place in the personal canons of admirers who respond to its withering view of capitalist labor relations.
—John Semley, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1798, in the meaning defined above
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“Pride of place.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pride%20of%20place. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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