claim to fame
noun phrase
: something that someone or something is famous for or that makes someone or something important or interesting
His claim to fame is the invention of the stapler.
The restaurant's claim to fame is its barbecue sauce.
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Weldon, 71, is an Army veteran and internal medicine doctor whose main claim to fame was representing a central Florida district in Congress from 1995 to 2009.
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arkansasonline.com, 14 Mar. 2025
As a skin care ingredient, though, its main claim to fame is directly targeting (and reducing) the excess pigment responsible for your discoloration in the first place.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 4 Mar. 2025
Activities and Amenities Alpine skiing at Vail Mountain is the area’s biggest claim to fame.
—Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2025
Its main claim to fame is being the first spacecraft to fly close to a comet, passing within 4,800 miles (7,800 km) of the nucleus of comet Giacobini–Zinner and passing through its plasma tail and taking readings in September 1985.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 13 Feb. 2025
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arkansasonline.com, 14 Mar. 2025
As a skin care ingredient, though, its main claim to fame is directly targeting (and reducing) the excess pigment responsible for your discoloration in the first place.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 4 Mar. 2025
Activities and Amenities Alpine skiing at Vail Mountain is the area’s biggest claim to fame.
—Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2025
Its main claim to fame is being the first spacecraft to fly close to a comet, passing within 4,800 miles (7,800 km) of the nucleus of comet Giacobini–Zinner and passing through its plasma tail and taking readings in September 1985.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Claim to fame.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/claim%20to%20fame. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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