well-known

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One well-known example is the "cat state," where an oscillator exists as a superposition of two wave packets moving in opposite directions.

From Science Daily • Jun. 15, 2026

Named after a well-known Whitby whaler and scientist, it was built at the shipyard of Cook, Welton and Gemmell, before being floated down the River Hull.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2026

“She wasn’t someone who was well-known in the industry at the time, but he brought her in and she was an absolute superstar,” Mueller, now CEO of the startup Impulse Space, told MarketWatch over email.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

The city has long been home to acts that sought inspiration from nearly every bin in the record shop—the cinematic trip-hop outfit Portishead is the most well-known example.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

From the well-known names of these towns I learn in what county I have lighted; a north-midland shire, dusk with moorland, ridged with mountain: this I see.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë