as in reputation
overall quality as seen or judged by people in general
that's a repair shop of good repute
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Recent Examples of repute
And George Henare, a Maori actor from New Zealand of great repute with a classical background, is in it as well.
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Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 July 2024
The accusers had to be deemed credible, and they could not be paid or of evil repute.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
Given such unhelpful fallout, and the unsavory repute of the payday-lender claimants, enough conservative justices may well break ranks to dismiss this bid to incinerate the CFPB, or at least sidestep it.
—Simon Lazarus, The New Republic, 2 Oct. 2023
That is, the mummified man from Egypt and the Roman official and the subjects of the gallery's various other busts clearly were, upon a time, people of repute, power and wealth.
—Paul Prather, Arkansas Online, 27 Feb. 2016
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Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 July 2024
The accusers had to be deemed credible, and they could not be paid or of evil repute.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
Given such unhelpful fallout, and the unsavory repute of the payday-lender claimants, enough conservative justices may well break ranks to dismiss this bid to incinerate the CFPB, or at least sidestep it.
—Simon Lazarus, The New Republic, 2 Oct. 2023
That is, the mummified man from Egypt and the Roman official and the subjects of the gallery's various other busts clearly were, upon a time, people of repute, power and wealth.
—Paul Prather, Arkansas Online, 27 Feb. 2016
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for repute
reputation
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Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, has earned a reputation as a hardliner on immigration, an image that helped propel her to power amid rising nationalist sentiment and debate over Japan’s identity amid demographic decline.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Garlic, onion, and ginger have earned a reputation for supporting heart health, circulation, and healthy cholesterol levels.—
Kathleen Ferraro,
Verywell Health,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Repute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repute. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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