household name
noun
: a person or thing whose name is very well-known
a famous actor who has become a household name
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Kleinschmidt’s sessions, with their assistance in permitting him to air these childhood traumas and the interplay of insight and folly in Freudianism, was the stew out of which emerged the novel that made Roth a household name.
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Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
The film centers on the true story of Emmi Creola, the visionary advertising pioneer who created the Swiss culinary icon Betty Bossi in 1956 — a fictional figure who went on to become a household name across generations and language regions in Switzerland.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
The most well-known of these historic heists is perhaps the 1911 theft of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, which established the painting as a household name.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 20 Oct. 2025
First of all, Kira Muratova is not a household name.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
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Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
The film centers on the true story of Emmi Creola, the visionary advertising pioneer who created the Swiss culinary icon Betty Bossi in 1956 — a fictional figure who went on to become a household name across generations and language regions in Switzerland.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
The most well-known of these historic heists is perhaps the 1911 theft of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, which established the painting as a household name.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 20 Oct. 2025
First of all, Kira Muratova is not a household name.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for household name
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“Household name.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/household%20name. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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