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notoriety

[noh-tuh-rahy-i-tee] / ˌnoʊ təˈraɪ ɪ ti /


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Controversies such as a 2002 autopsy performed in London -- on camera and before an audience —- further fuelled his notoriety.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

Faye, and her husband/producing partner, have parlayed this notoriety into indie, cool-kid projects that are just commercial enough that some of the target audiences’ boomer parents may also watch.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

Conditions there have prompted outcry from rights groups, and UN experts have condemned it as a site of "unparalleled notoriety."

From Barron's Jun. 10, 2026

Drake, who just dropped three albums on a single day for some reason, has plenty of fans compared to Salieri, who never attained Mozart’s notoriety.

From Salon May 16, 2026

The paper that first brought Dr. Gazzaley his notoriety, published in 2005, showed the key parts of the brain circuitry involved when a person ignores something, or tries to ignore something.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

You see, Beriah is one of our South Denboro notorieties; he’s famous in his way.

From Cap'n Warren's Wards by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby

We have arrived here at an opportune moment,—time to see all the notorieties of the place at the races, which began to-day.

From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II by Lever, Charles James

Notabilities as long as the Spanish money lasted—then notorieties.

From The Tragic Bride by Young, Francis Brett

Photographs of the celebrities or notorieties of the hour sold fairly well, and every now and again some National Guard with means was anxious to be photographed in his uniform.

From My Days of Adventure The Fall of France, 1870-71 by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred

To be known with us, was to be shunned, or impertinently gazed at, as if we were either great criminals, or notorieties of no very respectable order.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various




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