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public figure
[ puhb-lik fig-yer ]
noun
- a person who is widely known; celebrity:
The journalist talked about the often troubled relationship between public figures and the news media.
Famous athletes, actors, and other public figures have championed the issue.
Example Sentences
An increasing number of public figures are blaming a saturation of solar power and an over-reliance on renewable energy.
Other public figures with a large number of followers who have been targeted in a similar way by online hackers recently include BBC journalist Nick Robinson.
Satire targeted specific public figures, policies and popular attitudes with a freedom known as “parrhesia,” or frank speech.
At the same time, Bass has been the most prominent public figure to speak out against the creation of the county homelessness department, saying it will interrupt the successes of the past two years.
Yet his words on how hard it is to be a public figure in our era might find some quiet nods of agreement in Westminster.
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