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Instead, at the height of his renown, Redford turned his eye toward his industry, looking critically at the state of its output.

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When he scored a coveted spot as a cartoonist for The Denver Post, Oliphant gained a taste for the anti-establishment, and soon after, his cartoons were syndicated internationally, gaining him renown the world over.

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The Eames House has achieved a level of international renown reserved for some of the world’s most revered historic destinations.

The land it stood on found its first renown as Inceville.

He’s a proper theater actor who came to renown playing Alex in an onstage production of “A Clockwork Orange.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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