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renown

[ri-noun] / rɪˈnaʊn /


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If they do, the boost to Burry’s renown will outweigh the consequences of being too early again.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

The married mother-of-two, who shot to renown as the lead singer of the Grammy-award winning group Clannad, died at the age of 73 earlier this week.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Ms. Gage rightly contends that this region deserves more renown than it often gets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The French Laundry, the three-Michelin-starred restaurant helmed by renown chef Thomas Keller, has been sued by a former employee who alleges wage theft and other labor law violations at the Yountville, Calif., eatery.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Ernest Lawrence’s renown as an experimentalist and the father of the most productive instrument for researching the atom had spread coast to coast.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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