as in repute
overall quality as seen or judged by people in general
the college's athletic department has a good reputation, but the school's science facilities are a bit lacking
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Recent Examples of reputation
The charges could undermine Smartmatic’s arguments that its reputation has been damaged solely by these pro-Trump figures and their brazen lies about the 2020 election.
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Marshall Cohen, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
In this battle for reputation protection, no one’s a winner — including the audience who might just want to shower after all this nastiness and cruelty ends.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
But the model was traditionally reserved for Japan’s political elite, business leaders, and members of the Imperial House of Japan, blending low-key luxury with Toyota’s reputation for meticulous craftsmanship.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
The bottom line Florida State’s record says 3-3, but because of the program reputation this record feels like a stain, something much worse.
—D’joumbarey Moreau, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
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Marshall Cohen, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
In this battle for reputation protection, no one’s a winner — including the audience who might just want to shower after all this nastiness and cruelty ends.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
But the model was traditionally reserved for Japan’s political elite, business leaders, and members of the Imperial House of Japan, blending low-key luxury with Toyota’s reputation for meticulous craftsmanship.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
The bottom line Florida State’s record says 3-3, but because of the program reputation this record feels like a stain, something much worse.
—D’joumbarey Moreau, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reputation
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Since the first duffers teed off in 1924, this Scottish course has gained repute as one of the world’s top golf spots.—
Joe Yogerst,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The rabbis, both of high repute, belong to different generations and display differing levels of stringency—the stricter is a grandfather; the other, his son-in-law, is more lenient but by no means lax.—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2025
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The group published their ideas, known early on as neoplasticism (Nieuwe Beelding), through the magazine De Stijl, whose title eventually became the popular name of their movement.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
15 Oct. 2025
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That group of names included New York Jets running back Breece Hall, and Locker named the Chiefs among his top landing spots.—
Max Dible,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Reputation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reputation. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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