household name
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This is true even though he has worked for the company since 1987, and is fluent in corporate lore about when color TV—and later, the Walkman and PlayStation—made Sony a household name.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
He became a global household name relatively late in his career.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
The politician became a household name in the 1990s due to her socially conservative views that put her on the right of the Tories.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
Xbox had “Halo,” “Gears of War,” “Modern Warfare,” and “The Elder Scrolls” to make it a household name.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
In 1951, long before James Watson would become a household name around the world, the novelist Doris Lessing took a three-hour walk with the young Watson, whom she knew through a friend of a friend.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
