household name
Example Sentences
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Joel Greenblatt isn’t a household name, but the value investor was already famous in financial circles 20 years ago for returns that were at least as good as Berkshire Hathaway in its heyday.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
Scarsini asked people to "explode his posts with likes and comments" to make Payne a household name.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
The scandal shook the country and upended the career of Kim Soo-hyun, who is a household name in South Korea.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
By any objective measure, Teddy Thompson should be a household name.
From Salon • May 15, 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
