world-famous

adjective

: famous throughout the world
a world-famous scientist

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Bonwit Teller, who took over the building in 1930 and opened it anew, soon worked with world-famous artists. Stefan Koldehoff, Air Mail, 1 Nov. 2025 On an Inter Miami team stacked with world-famous players, Yannick Bright, an unheralded Italian midfielder and scholar making a team-low $80,000, emerged as a hero. Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025 Because Meara never wanted to become one half of a world-famous duo that would play The Ed Sullivan Show close to 40 times and helped revolutionize how gender dynamics worked in mid-20th century comedy acts. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2025 The unnamed ringleader apparently also tried to sell a copy of a world-famous painting by the Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn known as The Syndics, a 17th century portrait of members of Amsterdam's cloth makers' guild, for roughly $150 million. NPR, 26 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for world-famous

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“World-famous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/world-famous. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.

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