high-profile

See also: high profile and highprofile

English

Adjective

high-profile (comparative higher-profile, superlative highest-profile)

  1. Important or well publicized.
    • 2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193:
      Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola.
    • 2020 May 20, John Crosse, “Soon to be gone... but never forgotten”, in Rail, page 62:
      Pacers should have all been withdrawn by now, but that has been scuppered by a failure to deliver new trains on time and delays to infrastructure projects.
      The most high-profile withdrawals were to be Northern's Class 142s and '144s' (the latter by the end of 2018, and the '142s' by the end of last year).
    • 2021 August 25, SCMP Reporter, “Death of Thai man after police extortion attempt captured on viral video, sparks public anger”, in This Week in Asia‎, South China Morning Post, retrieved 2021-08-25:
      The incident, which happened on August 5, came to light after officers leaked footage from the station's CCTV camera to a high-profile lawyer and a popular investigative TV show.
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