high profile

American  

noun

1. a deliberately conspicuous manner of living or operating.

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high profile British  

noun

1. 1. a position or approach characterized by a deliberate seeking of prominence or publicity

   2. ( as modifier ) Compare low profile

      a high-profile campaign

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Other Word Forms

• high-profile adjective

Etymology

Origin of high profile

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

The November batch of Epstein estate emails included messages between Ruemmler and Epstein where the subject matter pertained to meetings with government officials and other high profile figures, and also personal matters.

From The Wall Street Journal

Protecting Iran from cyber attacks - of which there have been many high profile and disruptive cases in recent years - may be another motivation for the extreme moves.

From BBC

Now it has now lost one of its most high profile figures.

From BBC

Kirkland has a very high profile in the private-equity industry and is annually one of the most active advisers on buyouts and fund formation, among other services.

From The Wall Street Journal

But given how few live events there had been, and how high profile each one was, the stakes were too high to deploy Chaos Monkey, Stone said.

From The Wall Street Journal