fames

noun

plural of fame
1
as in celebrities
the fact or state of being known to the public many go to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune

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2
as in reputations
overall quality as seen or judged by people in general he has some fame locally as an honest antiques dealer

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Recent Examples of fames Suddenly, sparks and fames violently erupted, scorching nearby seats and sending smoke billowing. — Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2025
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  1. celebrities
  2. reputations
Noun
  • Meta seems to be going for a broad consumer play, recruiting celebrities for advertisements but dealing with backlash around privacy concerns.
    — Cortney Harding, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Karan Johar returns to host the season, in which 21 celebrities from various fields will compete in a game built around trust, betrayal and deception.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 July 2026
Definition of celebrities
Noun
  • That was how former Stoke City midfielder Rory Delap — Chelsea striker Liam Delap’s dad — built one of the Premier League’s most unlikely reputations, and how a Huddersfield Town academy graduate has now gone viral.
    — George Edwards, New York Times, 24 July 2026
  • Retailers’ reputations as poor environments for technology innovation is not unjustified, but their behavior is not completely irrational either.
    — Richard Kestenbaum, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of reputations

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