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well-known

[wel-nohn] / ˈwɛlˈnoʊn /


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“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

But despite all that, she's still arguably most well-known for the ad lib phrases that popped into her fast-paced raps in Mis-Teeq songs.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

There’s no evidence that well-known women using social media and public appearances to sell their audiences on GenAI have any ill intent, or that they’re shills for AI companies.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

Researchers led by Suketu Patel put several leading AI models through a well-known psychology experiment called the Stroop task.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

Many tests are less reliable: a recent article in The Wall Street Journal, for example, suggests that the well-known Pap test for cervical cancer is only 75 percent accurate.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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