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renowned

[ri-nound] / rɪˈnaʊnd /


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Dorr was inspired by his wife, Nell, a renowned photographer, who was tired of riding shotgun and craning her neck out the window to see where the asphalt ended.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 4, 2026

"My grandmother had dreamed of becoming a renowned artist in Cape Verde, but her parents didn't want her to sing," said the mother of two.

From Barron's • Jul. 2, 2026

Ed Yardeni, the renowned Wall Street economist and Fed watcher, has put forth a different argument.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 30, 2026

Far from being a budding economist, the young Greenspan was a talented musician, who studied the clarinet at New York's renowned Julliard School of Music.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026

After Seabiscuit began winning with Smith, the renowned Claiborne Farm, which had once politely but firmly rejected Hard Tack, changed its mind.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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