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a person who is widely known and usually much talked about
- a cause célèbre from some reality TV show whose fame hadn't even lasted the proverbial 15 minutes
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“Cause célèbre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cause%20c%C3%A9l%C3%A8bre. Accessed 17 Apr. 2021.
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The first known use of cause célèbre was in 1763
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