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notables

noun

plural of notable

as in celebrities

a person who is widely known and usually much talked about directors, actors, and other notables at the annual gathering for the Academy Awards

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Recent Examples of notables The Madden 27 Soundtrack has been released and the 80-song tracklist features notables such as Super Bowl 60 halftime performer Bad Bunny, Nipsey Hussle, Ozzy Osbourne and the return of Good Charlotte. — Jim Reineking, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026 The team also has 52 players and 11 managers in the National Baseball Hall of Fame — including notables like Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, Reggie Jackson, Mickey Mantle and Babe Ruth. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026 Playwriting Fellowship at Juilliard, Nabers joins a roster at Blue Marble that includes Lena Waithe (Master of None, The Chi), Prentice Penny (Insecure), Gordon Smith (Pluribus, Better Call Saul) and Jason Kim (Barry, Girls), among other notables. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026 Of all the peculiar assignments a newspaper reporter can undertake, writing advance obituaries for local notables who are still very much alive is one of the strangest. — Suzanne Van Atten, AJC.com, 26 July 2026 With those three notables inactive, Summer League head coach Amile Jefferson utilized every inch of his bench. — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 18 July 2026 In 1784, Hamilton sent Miranda a long list of notables who would be interested in South American intervention. — Lindsay Schakenbach Regele, The Conversation, 13 July 2026 The cruise ship that capsized in Puerto Vallarta in 2021 and launched several gay notables into the sea. — Jp Brammer, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2026 Other notables in the field include Rory McIlroy, Matt Fitzpatrick, Russell Henley, Wyndham Clark, Tommy Fleetwood, and Scotland’s own Robert MacIntyre. — Zach Schenfisch, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

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Noun

In the time since her sudden death, celebrities publicly mourning include Viola Davis, Selma Blair, and Rosie O’Donnell.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 18 Aug. 2026
Many celebrities shared tributes for Panettiere online after news broke of her death.

— Marc Malkin, Variety, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of celebrities

Noun

Their clear ideological viewpoints, brands, and the willingness of most of their personalities to stick around have insulated networks like Fox News and MS NOW from the sharp decline in viewership eating away at much of the rest of cable television.

— Max Tani, semafor.com, 19 Aug. 2026
In the enneagram, there are nine different personalities, or types.

— Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of personalities

Noun

Team-mate Mbaye has also been discussed this summer but senior Liverpool figures insist their interest has only been exploratory to date and strongly dismissed suggestions that personal terms have already been agreed with the 18-year-old.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
The past year has seen the first prosecutions of soldiers and military figures using classified knowledge to make money on these prediction markets.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of figures

Noun

Also among the dignitaries present was the Israeli foreign minister, Gideon Sa’ar, who came to Colombia amid a wider mission to shore up support for his nation.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026
The school back then had a solid curriculum and robust extracurricular offerings, including a world-class band that played for numerous dignitaries, which later in the century would include President Richard Nixon.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026

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