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notoriously

[noh-tawr-ee-uhs-lee, nuh-] / noʊˈtɔr i əs li, nə- /
ADVERB
particularly
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A notoriously tiring stairway leading to the Trinity from the train station is also being replaced by an escalator.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Airport officials claim the project will significantly improve the notoriously bad traffic that snarls through the “horseshoe” of 1 World Way.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

I especially love how it mingles with non-meat dishes, like root vegetables or beet salads, and have put it to the test with notoriously hard-to-pair ingredients like Brussels sprouts and artichokes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

Almost all of them were at Angola, a notoriously difficult place to do time, especially in the 1970s and 1980s when many had first arrived.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson




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