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person of note



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It’s so rare anymore that a person of note arrives in this city, jumps right in and, before he even does what he’s been hired to do, makes a little splash.

From New York Times • Jul. 24, 2023

Even as a person of note, with a name, I would never go into a hospital by myself.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2022

But given that states can select any person of note from their state, surely there are many other men or women who don’t have the Confederacy on their résumés.

From Washington Times • Jun. 24, 2020

Stipulations include that the person of note must have been dead for at least 20 years to allow for a "retrospective examination" of their life's works.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2018

He was evidently a person of note, one more accustomed to guide men by his counsels, perhaps, than to command them in the field—rather a financier or diplomatist than a military commander.

From The Golden Grasshopper A story of the days of Sir Thomas Gresham by Kingston, William Henry Giles