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high-profile (prōfīl′)

adjective

having a high profile; well-known, highly publicized, etc.

high-profile Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • disputesglobal: The world's top high-profile disputesglobal crossing attract thousands of.
  • scandal: In the light of recent high-profile corporate scandals, there is a new spotlight being put on corporate governance.
  • campaign: The most recent high-profile campaign has been fought in Nottingham, where the city council recently took the decision to close four pools.
  • speaker: We were amazed that our lecturer had managed to arrange such a high-profile speaker at very short notice.
  • signing: It was Ibrahima Bakayoko rather than high-profile new signing Mido that scored to give Marseille the points over En Avant Guingamp.
  • campaigner: Caroline has been a high-profile campaigner against the war in Iraq.

Modifying Another Word

  • increasingly: Food safety, especially related to animal infections that pose a threat to human health are increasingly high-profile among the veterinary profession.
  • very: The Water Management Board election is not a very high-profile election, many show little interest in what these boards are doing.
  • relatively: Look more closely tho and you'll see an increased track on this car and relatively high-profile tires on those Union Alloys.
  • fairly: During its first year Quester 5 has backed one fairly high-profile recovery play alongside six young, technology-focused companies.
  • only: I do not claim to have been the only high-profile British author to have been subject to these unsavory attentions by the BoD.
  • particularly: But the small minority of advocates boasted one particularly high-profile convert.

Used with adjective complement

  • become: A high-profile case often simply becomes high-profile because the press are interested, and they write about it a lot.
  • include: Online business accounts for nearly ten per cent of its business, and customers include high-profile Web sites such as Lastminute.com.