prestigious position

collocation in English

meaningsofprestigiousandposition

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prestigious
adjective
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/presˈtɪdʒ.əs/us
/presˈtɪdʒ.əs/
very much respected and admired, usually because of ...
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position
noun
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/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/us
/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
the place where something or someone is, often in relation to ...
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(Definition ofprestigiousandpositionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Only car market owners surpass thisprestigiousposition.
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Hence, the field of electronics was closing; it became increasingly difficult to achieve aprestigiouspositionwithout having gone through long-term education and having gained academic capital.
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It is considered a very desirable andprestigiousposition.
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Deepak has spent almost twenty years in journalism and has heldprestigiouspositionin the media industry.
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The title was aprestigiousposition, so descendants continued claiming it, and it turned into a surname.
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From the earliest times, viziers and other officials of important rank held the sekhem, symbolizing the individual's successful life andprestigiousposition.
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In a polygamous family, the first wife held the mostprestigiouspositionamong women.
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When the battalion was formed up in line formation, the voltigeurs took their place on the left of the line, the second mostprestigiousposition.
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All his considerable hopes for aprestigiouspositionrested with an appointment from the new president.
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Theprestigiouspositionconferred immediate nobility on the commission-holder, if not already a member of the nobility.
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Her nomination to theprestigiouspositionreceived widespread praise.
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Yet not everyone could have entered these new prestigious positions.
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This masculine imperative for emotional self-control places men in aprestigiouspositionand superior to women, since women are believed to be more emotional than men.
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Rather, the big landowners enjoyed their prestigious positions and happily spent their money on gambling and womanizing.
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Perhaps it could have happened, and thatprestigiouspositionwould have tied the young director to the stage career for a long time, if not forever.
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The social rank of a servant at these times mirrored the lordship the higher the lordship, the better the opportunities for the servant to reach aprestigiouspositionhimself.
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Sometimes, an employee who has performed very well since his last review period may get an increase in pay or be promoted to a moreprestigiousposition.
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The term can refer to the head of kitchen staff in a great house or to the cook-housekeeper, a far lessprestigiouspositioninvolving more physical labour.
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Ridley served in thisprestigiouspositionfrom 1952 until 1956.
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