prominent
/ˈpɹɑmɪnənt/ adjective B1- Standing out, or projecting; jutting; protuberant. · The bird was perching on the prominent ledge at the top of the rocks
- Likely to attract attention from its size or position; conspicuous. · Place the slogan in a more prominent position.
- Eminent; distinguished above others. · prominent members of the press
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At six he drew a picture of the town pump with a prominent citizen passing it hastily.
“‘My ancestor, Sir Ralph Musgrave, was a prominent Cavalier and the right-hand man of Charles the Second in his wanderings,’ said my friend.
Besides, it’s not in a very prominent place, as you see.”
Caulfield Gardens was one of those lines of flat-faced pillared, and porticoed houses which are so prominent a product of the middle Victorian epoch in the West End of London.
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