of renown
idiom
somewhat formal
: being known and admired by many people for some special quality or achievement
writers of renown
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Hours before the start of the opening ceremony for the Olympics, Cruise received one of France’s most prestigious decorations, following the footsteps of renown artists, actors and filmmakers such as Robert Redford, Martin Scorsese and Clint Eastwood who are also part of the Legion of Honor.
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Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 27 July 2024
While recruiting players to attend the junior college football powerhouse, Noonan will remind that a current 49ers player of renown lifted weights here, ran pass patterns here, and grew.
—Joe Davidson, Sacramento Bee, 9 Feb. 2024
This new level of renown led to many press profiles and interviews, inclusion in several group exhibitions and a solo show in 2019 at the Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis.
—Sharon Mizota, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023
These are clubs of renown, of widespread and fervent and deep-rooted support, not just in Italy but across the world.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 10 May 2023
And the falls in the poem became the first attraction of renown in what would soon become Minneapolis.
—Kevin Duchschere, Star Tribune, 28 Sep. 2020
The expectations are significant, Staley noting that Linsley, 29, spent the last seven seasons with Green Bay and another quarterback of renown, Aaron Rodgers.
—Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2021
Pomerol, and Petrus, were little known back then, however, except among a small circle who recognized the quality of the producer and the region despite their lack of renown.
—Eric Asimov, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2022
The Mile Square center, the second such community health center in the country, never achieved the same level of renown as the first, in Mound Bayou, Miss., which made Dr. H. Jack Geiger, one if its founders, nationally known.
—Alex Williams, New York Times, 8 July 2022
Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 27 July 2024
While recruiting players to attend the junior college football powerhouse, Noonan will remind that a current 49ers player of renown lifted weights here, ran pass patterns here, and grew.
—Joe Davidson, Sacramento Bee, 9 Feb. 2024
This new level of renown led to many press profiles and interviews, inclusion in several group exhibitions and a solo show in 2019 at the Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis.
—Sharon Mizota, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023
These are clubs of renown, of widespread and fervent and deep-rooted support, not just in Italy but across the world.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 10 May 2023
And the falls in the poem became the first attraction of renown in what would soon become Minneapolis.
—Kevin Duchschere, Star Tribune, 28 Sep. 2020
The expectations are significant, Staley noting that Linsley, 29, spent the last seven seasons with Green Bay and another quarterback of renown, Aaron Rodgers.
—Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2021
Pomerol, and Petrus, were little known back then, however, except among a small circle who recognized the quality of the producer and the region despite their lack of renown.
—Eric Asimov, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2022
The Mile Square center, the second such community health center in the country, never achieved the same level of renown as the first, in Mound Bayou, Miss., which made Dr. H. Jack Geiger, one if its founders, nationally known.
—Alex Williams, New York Times, 8 July 2022
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