famously
adverb
fa·mous·ly
ˈfā-məs-lē 
Examples of famously in a Sentence
The executive famously insisted on riding the bus to work every day.
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During their jam session with Bad Bunny, the group was able to ad-lib an element unique to their hometown: the tale of Jacinto, a farmer who is dragged by his cow into a ocean blowhole, famously known as Jacinto’s pit cave.
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Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
If capitalism without bankruptcy is like Christianity without hell, as former astronaut and Eastern Airlines CEO Frank Borman famously put it, then the U.S. over the past decade or so has been a joyous church indeed.
—Felix Salmon, Axios, 17 Jan. 2025
And he is famously known for igniting chaos in American politics and creating controversy while in office.
—Cate Martel, The Hill, 17 Jan. 2025
Gaming is also widely looked down upon (critic Roger Ebert famously declared video games can never be art) as cheap, hyperviolent, and mindless entertainment today.
—Barry Levitt, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
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Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
If capitalism without bankruptcy is like Christianity without hell, as former astronaut and Eastern Airlines CEO Frank Borman famously put it, then the U.S. over the past decade or so has been a joyous church indeed.
—Felix Salmon, Axios, 17 Jan. 2025
And he is famously known for igniting chaos in American politics and creating controversy while in office.
—Cate Martel, The Hill, 17 Jan. 2025
Gaming is also widely looked down upon (critic Roger Ebert famously declared video games can never be art) as cheap, hyperviolent, and mindless entertainment today.
—Barry Levitt, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Famously.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/famously. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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