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
This was the era when the clubs’ modern reputations were established and both centred on, in today’s football language, methodology.
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Michael Walker, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
Washington’s Gulf allies — including several of Iran’s own rivals — have also pushed against a US military intervention, warning that the ripple effects would undermine regional security and damage their reputations as havens for foreign capital, The New York Times reported.
—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 15 Jan. 2026
Many of those campuses have tried for years to shed reputations of elitism, with only gradual changes in enrollment.
—Collin Binkley, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Deepfakes have destroyed reputations overnight.
—Bob Morgan, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2026
OpenAI’s push to hire a safety executive comes amid companies’ growing concerns about AI risks on operations and reputations.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 29 Dec. 2025
Since Tisch took over, questionable promotions and transfers were stopped altogether while former NYPD executives with good reputations came back to fill out her executive staff.
—Mark Morales, CNN Money, 27 Dec. 2025
The storied rivalry is considered unique in the college football landscape because it's based not on geography, but on their reputations as traditional powerhouses in the sport.
—Austin Turner, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
Many of YouTube’s multi-channel networks, perhaps most infamously Machinima, ultimately developed negative reputations.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 22 Dec. 2025
Michael Walker, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
Washington’s Gulf allies — including several of Iran’s own rivals — have also pushed against a US military intervention, warning that the ripple effects would undermine regional security and damage their reputations as havens for foreign capital, The New York Times reported.
—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 15 Jan. 2026
Many of those campuses have tried for years to shed reputations of elitism, with only gradual changes in enrollment.
—Collin Binkley, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Deepfakes have destroyed reputations overnight.
—Bob Morgan, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2026
OpenAI’s push to hire a safety executive comes amid companies’ growing concerns about AI risks on operations and reputations.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 29 Dec. 2025
Since Tisch took over, questionable promotions and transfers were stopped altogether while former NYPD executives with good reputations came back to fill out her executive staff.
—Mark Morales, CNN Money, 27 Dec. 2025
The storied rivalry is considered unique in the college football landscape because it's based not on geography, but on their reputations as traditional powerhouses in the sport.
—Austin Turner, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
Many of YouTube’s multi-channel networks, perhaps most infamously Machinima, ultimately developed negative reputations.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 22 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reputations
names
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And there’s even 10 names after that that are in a sub bracket.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
7 Jan. 2026
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Webb has been one of the hottest young names in the business ever since the start of the 2025 season, and now will receive his first official audition with an AFC West rival.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Reputations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reputations. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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