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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Spencer Dinwiddie famously tried to tokenize his NBA contract, Lionel Messi became the global face of Bitget, and Cristiano Ronaldo partnered with Binance on a series of digital collectibles.
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Azeem Khan, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Hubble famously deployed with a flawed primary mirror, which made its initial images blurry.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Lagasse famously joined the legendary Commander's Palace as an executive chef, opened his flagship restaurant Emeril's in 1990, and brought Creole and Cajun cooking to every household through his cookbooks and Food Network shows Emeril Live and Essence of Emeril.
—Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 24 Apr. 2025
As previously reported, director Tim Burton famously turned down the opportunity to direct the 1991 feature film The Addams Family, inspired by characters created by American cartoonist Charles Addams for The New Yorker in 1938.
—ArsTechnica, 23 Apr. 2025
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Azeem Khan, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Hubble famously deployed with a flawed primary mirror, which made its initial images blurry.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Lagasse famously joined the legendary Commander's Palace as an executive chef, opened his flagship restaurant Emeril's in 1990, and brought Creole and Cajun cooking to every household through his cookbooks and Food Network shows Emeril Live and Essence of Emeril.
—Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 24 Apr. 2025
As previously reported, director Tim Burton famously turned down the opportunity to direct the 1991 feature film The Addams Family, inspired by characters created by American cartoonist Charles Addams for The New Yorker in 1938.
—ArsTechnica, 23 Apr. 2025
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“Famously.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/famously. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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