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notoriously

[noh-tawr-ee-uhs-lee, nuh-] / noʊˈtɔr i əs li, nə- /
ADVERB
particularly
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October has a fearsome reputation for stock-market tumult, largely due to a handful of notoriously grim selloffs.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 4, 2026

Tasnime Rotherham, 42, who runs a mobile catering business, said the notoriously bad signal in the city centre was affecting trade.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

A Gammonsesque bookend: Decades later, Joe DiMaggio bought the writer a drink because Mr. Gammons shooed an interviewer away from the notoriously private and grumpy Joltin’ Joe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Yet measuring iron in extremely metal-poor environments is notoriously challenging.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

Studies on mobility over generations are notoriously difficult, because they require researchers to match the earnings records of parents with those of their children.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times




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