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Noun
He achieved great renown for his discoveries.
Her photographs have earned her international renown.
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Grace Edquist, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, the two young artists went on to greater renown.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
But that renown didn't prevent a case of mistaken identity seven years later, when an astronomer reported a sighting of the object as an asteroid.
—Tariq Malik, Space.com, 31 Jan. 2025
Hill acknowledges that despite Stewart’s renown, the project has not been an easy sell.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Dorothy Hood, an adventurous Texan whose enthralling abstract paintings won her great renown in the Houston art world starting in the 1960s, had high expectations for herself.
—Grace Edquist, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, the two young artists went on to greater renown.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
But that renown didn't prevent a case of mistaken identity seven years later, when an astronomer reported a sighting of the object as an asteroid.
—Tariq Malik, Space.com, 31 Jan. 2025
Hill acknowledges that despite Stewart’s renown, the project has not been an easy sell.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Renown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/renown. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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