Upon the completion of the Erie Canal in 1824, the town lost its commercial prominence to Lockport, which was centered on the canal.

Hetauda's commercial prominence started with the construction of Tribhuvan Highway, the first highway built in the country.

It was a sleepy town then, too, much declined from the commercial prominence it had enjoyed in Roman and in Renaissance times.

The town had developed a reputation as an isolated outpost removed from in the rest of Kenya, but in recent years, Lodwar has expanded and gained commercial and economic prominence.

The band usually preferred to make each release, be it album or EP, a conceptual work that made full use of the compact disc format that had recently come into commercial prominence.

Bolla was the first to bring the wine to commercial prominence, starting in the early 1950's.

The building of the city paralleled its commercial prominence between the end of the American Civil War and the second decade of the 20th century.

Following the massacre, however, the island never regained its commercial prominence.

Through his own outrageously good fortune, Donnie had become one of the New Kids on the Block, a teeny-bopper band that skyrocketed to commercial prominence in the late 1980's.

By the 1820's, the city's commercial district began to move west and the port lost commercial prominence to New York City.