pride of place

noun phrase

: the highest or first position

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Susan Marinello Interiors In the living room of a Sun Valley, Idaho, home, designer Susan Marinello let the artwork take pride of place. Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 10 Feb. 2025 His mood board, which took pride of place in his office at the label’s headquarters, drew parallels between Paris monuments and Vivier’s archival designs, very avant-garde in their time. Alex Wynne, WWD, 29 Jan. 2025 Taking pride of place in the 10-strong lineup is the Tambour Taiko Spin Time, which revisits the Tambour family with a thinner case, reworked lugs and a new in-house self-winding mechanical movement. Lily Templeton, WWD, 21 Jan. 2025 On the other side of famed Golden Horn waterway, Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at the Bosphorus takes pride of place on the banks of the bustling Bosphorus, in a more contemporary slice of the city. Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for pride of place 

Word History

First Known Use

1798, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of pride of place was in 1798

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“Pride of place.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pride%20of%20place. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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