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well-known

[wel-nohn] / ˈwɛlˈnoʊn /


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And he has familiarity with playing these well-known legendary actors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

Many of the sources outed in the book, he writes, “are well-known public figures who have written and talked extensively” and have “published their own memoirs, papers, articles and oral histories.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

No other Nvidia executive is well-known to investors, aside from Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress, a 13-year veteran of the company who speaks on the company’s earnings call and at conferences.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

The key to understanding this discovery lies in a well-known phenomenon called magnetic reconnection.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026

The unwritten motto of United States Robot and Mechanical Men Corp. was well-known: “No employee makes the same mistake twice. He is fired the first time.”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov


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