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countable and uncountable, plural prominences
The state of being prominent: widely known or eminent. quotations examples
“My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”
1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company
In 1949, the simple premise of discovering ordinary people who have hidden, extraordinary talents came to prominence in the UK with Opportunity Knocks, which started out as a nationwide touring radio show, before moving onto TV in 1956.
2021 September 15, Laura Martin, “How talent shows became TV's most bizarre programmes”, in BBC
Relative importance. examples
A bulge: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form. examples
(topography) Autonomous height; relative height or prime factor; a concept used in the categorization of hills and mountains. examples
(astronomy) A gaseous projection, often loop-shaped, springing from the surface of the Sun or a star. examples