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Son, a famously long-term thinker who has outlined 30- and 300-year plans for humanity, could conceivably brush off a poor showing for WeWork as a bump along the long road toward changing the world. — Sarah Mcbride, Fortune, "The Plunging Valuation of WeWork’s IPO Is Causing Major Stress for Its Biggest Investor," 6 Sep. 2019 Son, a famously long-term thinker who has outlined 30- and 300-year plans for humanity, could conceivably brush off a poor showing for WeWork as a bump along the long road toward changing the world. — Los Angeles Times, "WeWork IPO turns contentious at SoftBank’s Vision Fund," 6 Sep. 2019 Revenge dressing really came into the spotlight when Princess Diana famously wore a strapless black dress on the same night Prince Charles publicly admitted to cheating on her. — Tatum Dooley, Teen Vogue, "The 8 Best Celebrity Breakup Looks," 13 Aug. 2019 Tommy Taylor - Busby famously signed Taylor for £29,999 in 1953 to avoid saddling the 21-year-old centre forward with the expectation of being a £30,000 player. — SI.com, "Sir Matt Busby: The Legendary Scot Who Built Modern Man Utd's All-Time Best XI," 1 Aug. 2019 Walter Cronkite famously signed-off each night from the CBS Evening News. — Washington Post, "‘Time to shake things up’: Norah O’Donnell takes over at ratings-challenged CBS Evening News.," 11 July 2019 After the 1976 season, Jackson famously signed with the George Steinbrenner, Billy Martin New York Yankees, where third baseman Graig Nettles wore No. — Gary Peterson, The Mercury News, "Kevin Durant changes uniform number post-Warriors; he’s not the first one," 8 July 2019 Those are the uniforms that Ted Kluszewski famously wore with sleeves. — John Fay, Cincinnati.com, "Sonny Gray gives pitching coach Derek Johnson credit for him making the All-Star team," 7 July 2019 While James Madison famously argued in Federalist No. — Fred Bauer, National Review, "What the Nationalism vs. Liberalism Debate Misses," 28 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'famously.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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