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reputation

[rep-yuh-tey-shuhn] / ˌrɛp yəˈteɪ ʃən /


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In the book, Thayil admits that the band had built a strong live reputation, enhanced by Chris Cornell’s habit of appearing onstage shirtless.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

The RFU stipulates a "zero-tolerance approach" to discrimination and harassment and forbids public comment that could damage the game or the union's reputation.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Residents lined up at the wooden lectern to speak in three-minute slots, many invoking the less-than-savory reputation man camps earned in Wyoming’s boom-and-bust past.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

That’s why ICE’s reputation, never particularly positive around here, is now somewhere between hantavirus and rush hour on the Sepulveda Pass.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

William “had made a reputation so startling that I regarded the task of catching up to him as being altogether hopeless.”

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield




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