reputations

plural of reputation
as in reputes
overall quality as seen or judged by people in general the college's athletic department has a good reputation, but the school's science facilities are a bit lacking

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Recent Examples of reputations For years, writers with much to lose have risked their reputations and livelihoods in opposition to that work. Literary Hub, 17 July 2026 Even two signed in the same summer — Casemiro and Antony — would leave very different impacts on the club and depart with their reputations at different ends of the spectrum. Chris McKenna, New York Times, 16 July 2026 How did these two White women end up with such different reputations? Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 July 2026 End of last month, crypto exchange OKX launched a marketplace where AI agents can hire one another, settle payments autonomously, and build portable on-chain reputations, betting that its next generation of customers will not be people at all. Christer Holloman, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 Feeling vindicated Tuesday, Griffiths spoke out against Harry’s attempts to attack the free press and the reputations of hard-working journalists like herself. Martha Ross, Mercury News, 9 July 2026 The stakes were high for both sides with reputations on the line and mounting legal costs which could be as much as £50 million (almost $67 million). Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Money, 7 July 2026 The reputations of our decent and hard-working journalists were terribly impugned, and today they have been exonerated. K.j. Yossman, Variety, 7 July 2026 The idea that a candidate could have a Nazi tattoo and stay in the race sounds more like a subplot from Veep than the reality upon which several prominent Democrats staked their reputations. Mike Nelson, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026
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  • Meek, without using names, criticized both Jones and Gilbert for donations received from CDR and The Geo Group, companies that have made money off immigration enforcement in Florida.
    Raisa Habersham July 23, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
  • As the man building rings and providing backdrops with the event names on them for big press conferences, he is often trusted with sensitive information long before it is announced.
    Chris McKenna, New York Times, 22 July 2026

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“Reputations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reputations. Accessed 25 Jul. 2026.

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