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 Pitino would later serve as the University of Louisville’s coach from 2001-2017 amid that program’s own high-profile scandals. —

Josh Wood, The Courier-Journal, 15 Apr. 2024 The historic first trial of a former U.S. president began Monday in a storied courthouse that has seen a host of high-profile cases over the years, from rap stars to movie moguls, but never one with such potential consequences for the nation and the world. —

Shayna Jacobs, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2024 Geddes said those types of searches typically seek corroboration of evidence because high-profile individuals tend to work with others to commit such crimes. —

Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2024 Werner Spitz, who spent decades as a forensic pathologist and helped pioneer the field, worked as a consultant in many high-profile death cases across the United States, including those involving O.J. Simpson, Casey Anthony, Jon Benet Ramsey and Phil Spector. —

Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 15 Apr. 2024 The later measure prompted a high-profile fight with Disney. —

USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2024 Zahedi, a former commander of the IRGC’s ground forces, air force, and the deputy commander of its operations, was the most high-profile Iranian target killed since then-US President Donald Trump ordered the assassination of IRGC Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad in 2020. —

Rob Picheta, CNN, 14 Apr. 2024 Bragg's early tenure was marked by high-profile resignations of prosecutors who worked for his predecessor, Cyrus Vance Jr., and had pursued a sweeping financial crimes case. —

Graham Kates, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2024 There is no precedent for an incumbent president to have participated in a primary debate, however, since the first modern debate was held in 1948-- even when presented with high-profile primary opponents. —

Isabella Murray, ABC News, 14 Apr. 2024

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