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noun

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plural of renown
as in celebrities
the fact or state of being known to the public a basketball icon whose renown is truly international

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renowns

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verb

present tense third-person singular of renown
as in acclaims

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  1. celebrities
  2. applauds
  3. hails
Noun
  • So often on social media, companies and sales managers rely on celebrities to promote their products or even experts in a particular industry.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Welcome to State of the Suit, a new Robb Report series in which writer and menswear stylist Caroline Reilly examines the sartorial choices of candidates, celebrities, and other movers and shakers.
    Caroline Reilly, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of celebrities
Verb
  • The crowd applauds Rudolph a few times.
    Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 20 Oct. 2024
  • On the stump, Harris, the vice president, often applauds McCain’s role in blocking a GOP repeal of the Affordable Care Act and recently told a behind-the-scenes story about their brief time together in the Senate before McCain’s death from brain cancer in 2018.
    Stephanie Murray, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of applauds
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  • Oldham hails from a creative family.
    Layla Ilchi, WWD, 3 Oct. 2024
  • This unassuming aesthetic gives way to the model’s technical complexity, housing a minute repeater complication, which hails from the genius of Abraham-Louis Breguet himself and his invention of the gong-spring back in 1783.
    Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2024
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