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renowned

[ri-nound] / rɪˈnaʊnd /


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Helen Pashgian is a renowned artist, a pioneer in California’s light and space art movement since the 1960s, and her installations challenge the way we interact with light.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

It would be an easy win to cast Gellar in a reskin of one of her renowned characters, but “Ready or Not 2” happily doesn’t play it so safe.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

"Meanwhile, various cosmetic products, which are renowned for their quality and affordable prices, can be imported from the DPRK," he added, using the initials of the North's official name.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

"They're renowned for building dams that hold back the flow of water," he said.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

Pythagoras may have been an ancient New Age thinker, but he was a powerful orator, a renowned scholar, and a charismatic teacher.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife