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What does prominence mean?

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Noun
  1. The state of being prominent: widely known or eminent.
  2. Relative importance.
  3. A bulge: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form.
  4. (topography) Autonomous height; relative height or prime factor; a concept used in the categorization of hills and mountains.
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Where other, more vigorous incentives are abeyant they can be expected to assume increased prominence.
His rise to local prominence was due to the dextrous performance of magic on the altars of his church and elsewhere.
She wondered why an innovative technical process for manufacturing tiles rose to prominence but then faded so quickly from sight.
A Montreal native, Blain came to prominence in the 1980s with her impact-heavy brand of political art and is now known around the world.
But even as Giuliani's prominence in the city's recovery grows, his lame-duck status may hinder his efforts with the legislature.
It's a rather amazing, titillating idea that these rascals are elevated to such importance and prominence.

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