as in fame
the fact or state of being known to the public
a basketball icon whose renown is truly international
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Recent Examples of renown
ABC News, 18 May 2026
Raymond Carver did not share Cheever’s authorial renown at that time—that would come later.
—Luis Parrales, The Atlantic, 14 May 2026
Jump Source bring this combination of club-music renown and their pop sensibilities to Fold.
—Reid Bg, Pitchfork, 28 Apr. 2026
While not necessarily on anyone’s radar as a top prospect, Anderson earn some renown after he was selected to pitch for Team Great Britain in the World Baseball Classic this spring.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
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Noun
While some of Na's fellow Korean genre masters, like Bong Joon Ho, have found global renown, for many cinephiles, Na is overdue for the kind of global introduction a Cannes premiere provides.
—ABC News, 18 May 2026
Raymond Carver did not share Cheever’s authorial renown at that time—that would come later.
—Luis Parrales, The Atlantic, 14 May 2026
Jump Source bring this combination of club-music renown and their pop sensibilities to Fold.
—Reid Bg, Pitchfork, 28 Apr. 2026
While not necessarily on anyone’s radar as a top prospect, Anderson earn some renown after he was selected to pitch for Team Great Britain in the World Baseball Classic this spring.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for renown
Noun
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The ‘Mexican Wave’ A ritual performed in sporting events around the world today, the wave owes much of its fame to Mexico, even if it may not have been invented here.—
Michael Rios,
CNN Money,
7 June 2026
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Mark Ronson flexed the elegantly minimal Audemars Piguet Royal Oak designed in collaboration with Matthew Williams of Alyx fame.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
6 June 2026
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Adaptation was also critically acclaimed, and earned four Academy Award nominations.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
27 May 2026
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BAMtheatre is a year-round, acclaimed, prize-winning youth theater conservatory, with its own building in Westmont, and has almost 3,000 students each year.—
Myrna Petlicki,
Chicago Tribune,
26 May 2026
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Created in the early 1970s by Kander, Ebb and Fosse and based on the 1926 play of the same name by Maurine Dallas Watkins, Chicago follows killers Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly, two murderesses who use their criminal notoriety to find fame in the Vaudeville circuit.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
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Benn Jordan may have initially gained notoriety for his music as Flashbulb and later, reviewing synths and effects pedals on YouTube under Benn and Gear.—
Terrence O'Brien,
The Verge,
6 June 2026
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Western, for his part, had by this time recovered something of his usual bluster, and began again upon the subject of Blifil, commending his estate and his family with great earnestness, as though these considerations alone ought to have settled the matter long since.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
2 June 2026
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Kennedy then mentioned her daughter and became emotional while commending her work.—
Marina Watts,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 June 2026
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In Packers country, celebrity doesn’t trump tradition.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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There is a lot of tequila out there to choose from, and some brands—shockingly—don’t even have a celebrity, actor, or athlete backing them.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
6 June 2026
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As Broadway star Avery Wilson sang the National Anthem, the camera faded to a shot of Trump saluting the flag, and MSG erupted into boos.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
9 June 2026
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The biggest sports celebration Every World Cup champion is saluted in its home country.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
8 June 2026
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So others speculate and then the Heat somehow are the ones who get caught in the spin cycle of various insiders of various repute trying to sell Substack subscriptions or generate clicks or views.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Feb. 2026
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Two other veteran Dutch managers of significant repute had been in the reckoning, one of them a former boss of Manchester United.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
19 Nov. 2025
Verb
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And now those same friends see the difference and compliment me.—
Jolene Edgar,
Allure,
4 June 2026
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Right now, the two methods are meant to compliment each other.—
Julian Dossett,
Space.com,
2 June 2026
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“Renown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/renown. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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