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renown

[ri-noun] / rɪˈnaʊn /


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Oceanwide has courted expedition-seeking passengers like Liss and gained renown for serving a small, yet fast-growing, part of the cruise-line industry.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

But Kafka’s renown has also been uncommonly reliant on the enthusiasm of his translators.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Now, for that renown football reporter who showed up in his living room.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 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

Starting the year after Lawrence met him, his renown as a theorist would land him appointments first at the University of Chicago and then at Yale University’s Sloane Physics Laboratory as director.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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