How to Use prestige in a Sentence

prestige

noun
  • The job has low pay and low prestige.
  • The family has wealth and social prestige.
  • Her career as a diplomat has brought her enormous prestige.
  • Such prestige is hard-won, but the perks seem well worth the pain.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2022
  • The at-large bids bring both cash and prestige to the conference.
    oregonlive, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Never had the prestige of the United States been higher in that part of the world.
    Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
  • The 1930s were the high point of Neo-Romantic prestige.
    Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Rarely is it seen with the same prestige as league success.
    Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Malkovich adds an injection of prestige to the project.
    Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 May 2024
  • The plunging pound is a blow to the U.K.'s prestige as well as its pocketbook.
    Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2022
  • That the prestige of the office is sullied by his grasp for profits.
    Eric Heavner, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2025
  • In some cases, the prestige of a new car is a requirement for work.
    Elizabeth Rivelli, Car and Driver, 3 Jan. 2023
  • The prestige of inclusion in the 12-team field is hardly the only perk.
    Jack Magruder, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
  • But the show doesn’t present itself as prestige TV, or even as a slick tale of a scorned wife’s revenge.
    Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 5 July 2024
  • The first area is the prestige limited event series space.
    K.j. Yossman, Variety, 12 June 2023
  • Yet the tidal waves of prestige still keep their distance from Toyota.
    Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 16 Sep. 2022
  • For of-the-moment items, Wright said that speed is as equally crucial as the prestige of the piece itself.
    Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 July 2023
  • New York still maintains its prestige in the top five spot with 21.5 percent.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 8 Aug. 2022
  • The pairing of Cruise and the filmmaker is sure to raise the notion that the actor is hoping for a prestige play.
    Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2024
  • For seven of its eight episodes, The Penguin paid homage to the antihero era of prestige TV.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
  • Both games push against the trend of games chasing Hollywood’s glitz and prestige.
    Gene Park, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The Year of the Dragon symbolizes prestige, power and strength.
    Emma Hall, Sacramento Bee, 29 Jan. 2024
  • And should students choose where to go to college based on what has become a proxy for prestige?
    Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2022
  • But as his prestige grew, so too did Prigozhin’s criticism of those around Putin.
    Peter Rutland, Fortune, 25 June 2023
  • The Thing About Pam — all of which were prestige, limited series based on podcasts of the same name.
    J. Clara Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 June 2022
  • What matters to us is cinema and all those who work to give it its prestige.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Indeed, the Achilles’ heel of such items is discounting, which chips away at the aura of prestige.
    The Editors, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024
  • But the newest honor comes with an extra dose of prestige.
    Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The decision to buy a mined diamond often comes down to its luxury status or brand prestige.
    Garth Friesen, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
  • There’s also the Crunchyroll factor, a smart acquisition that puts it on the front lines of anime; and Sony Pictures Classics continues to deliver prestige hits.
    Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2025

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