How to Use prestigious in a Sentence

prestigious

adjective
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  • Although there are a lot of great categories, the prestigious Game of the Year Award is the best of the best.
    — Rudie Obias, Variety, 16 Nov. 2023
  • After you're done, check out the rest of the winners of the year's most prestigious beauty awards.
    — Liana Schaffner, Allure, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Hannah-Jones was awarded the prestigious Pulitzer Prize in 2020 for her work on the project.
    — Anne Easton, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Jason Wolf: They are encouraged to give back by the league and the union and these prestigious awards.
    — James Brown, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2023
  • But nearly four years later, a prestigious studio turned down the script, and the project was abandoned.
    — Kai Bird, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Ballantrae Farm, however, remains one of the largest and most prestigious homes in the DMV area.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Some of the top chefs in Los Angeles are in the running for some of the country’s most prestigious culinary honors.
    — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Wimbledon is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, and one of the most prestigious.
    — Town & Country, 8 July 2023
  • It’s won three gold medals in the three most prestigious blind taste test competitions.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 29 Mar. 2023
  • One of the most prestigious signatures is a Batman logo with a line under it and the name Jim Lee under it.
    — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 15 Aug. 2024
  • In the Wildcats’ prestigious history, only one native of the state who suited up for the program was chosen in the top five of the draft.
    — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 19 June 2024
  • The pair have gone on to forge a fierce rivalry, and the 2024 edition of cycling’s most prestigious race was Pogačar’s chance to enact his revenge.
    — George Ramsay, CNN, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Taylor Swift made history at the 2024 Grammys as her album Midnights won the most prestigious award of the night.
    — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Rodgers has received numerous prestigious awards in the past decade.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 8 Jan. 2024
  • It is widely regarded as the game’s most prestigious event outside of the majors with a $25 million prize purse up for grabs.
    — George Ramsay, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The event has become one of the most prestigious on the junior calendar, with thousands of young golfers signing up to compete each year.
    — Tod Leonard, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2024
  • In 1974, the Sunday Times of London was one of the world’s most prestigious and ambitious newspapers.
    — Bill McGraw, Detroit Free Press, 17 Mar. 2024
  • King will accept the accolade, which is the PGA’s most prestigious honor, at the 35th annual awards show on Feb. 25.
    — Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2023
  • This was only used to refer to the country's largest or most prestigious F1 race, according to Dictionary.com.
    — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 5 May 2024
  • The couple met in 2011, during their first year of studies at La Cambre, the prestigious visual-arts school in Brussels.
    — Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The award is one of the most prestigious prizes for fiction translated into English.
    — Andrew Limbong, NPR, 21 May 2024
  • Theo is on the way to becoming a sommelier and Kit went to pastry school and now bakes at a prestigious Paris restaurant.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Jamison is the runaway winner of the most prestigious award a male high school athlete in Michigan can receive.
    — Mick McCabe, Detroit Free Press, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The book was a success, winning a prestigious literary prize.
    — Amir Ahmadi Arian, Harper's Magazine, 16 Aug. 2023
  • In recent years, some of the world’s most prestigious maisons have opened their doors to the cameras, and the results are as fabulous as the gowns created within them.
    — Naomi Pike, Vogue, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Such mentees were more likely than their peers at less prestigious institutions to break the cycle and go on to move up the ranks of the citation lists, the researchers add.
    — Byholly Else, science.org, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Established in 1976 and run by the Society of London Theatre, the awards are Britain’s most prestigious stage honors.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 June 2023
  • But the final stage of judging is up to the public: To win the prestigious People’s Choice Award, a photograph must become the favorite in a popular vote.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The committee announced the prestigious honor, seen as the pinnacle of scientific achievement, in Sweden on Monday.
    — Christian Edwards, CNN, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Over the past decade, this prestigious part of Beverly Hills has quietly evolved into a dependable dining destination.
    — Brad Japhe, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024

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