national prominence

collocation in English

meaningsofnationalandprominence

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national
adjective
uk
/ˈnæʃ.ən.əl/us
/ˈnæʃ.ən.əl/
relating to or typical of a whole country and its people, rather than to part of that country or to ...
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prominence
noun[U]
uk
/ˈprɒm.ɪ.nəns/us
/ˈprɑː.mə.nəns/
the state of being easily seen or ...
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(Definition ofnationalandprominencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The university is recognized for itsnationalprominenceas well as its student success rate in competing for nationally competitive awards.
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Many signed to major record labels, and by the mid-1980s, some had achievednationalprominence.
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She was an integral part of her husband's rise tonationalprominence.
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Many former students have gained local andnationalprominencein government.
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A further area which has, quite rightly, gained increasingnationalprominenceis the whole question of waste management.
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However, perhaps it is only now that it has come tonationalprominence.
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It is time that the recruitment for the 2,000 vacancies in child protection units nationally had the samenationalprominenceas recruiting teachers and nurses currently receives.
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A successful elected mayor could achievenationalprominence, strengthen the local government side of the central-local government relationship, and help to reinvigorate local democracy, which is in danger of disappearing.
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In 1965 the movement began to gainnationalprominence.
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Sibthorpe first gainednationalprominencein 1627, when he gave an assize sermon in which he asserted the doctrine of passive obedience.
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Initially a regional success, the brand quickly rose tonationalprominence.
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Many former students have gained local andnationalprominencefor serving in government.
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He achievednationalprominencefor his work in the changing northeast energy sector.
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Many of these families have moved tonationalprominencefrom a province or regional power base to federal and global influence.
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Both of his own sons eventually gainednationalprominencein cricket and tennis.
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Her work brought hernationalprominence, and she frequently did presentations to medical associations and the public across the country.
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During this time he rose tonationalprominence.
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Kimberlin also achieved somenationalprominenceas an opponent of direct-recording electronic voting machines, including theories related to rigging elections by using them.
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