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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Its main claim to fame is that the model was built with chips less powerful than those U.S. AI firms use and could have cost less than 10% of Meta’s Llama, according to estimates by Jefferies analysts. —

Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2025 What Tupelo doesn’t feel is rock and roll, which is ironic, given its claim to fame as Elvis Presley’s birthplace, its own stop on the Blues Trail. —

Emma John, AFAR Media, 7 Jan. 2025 If Dallas’ claim to fame is its forward depth, those kinds of slumps are inexcusable. —

Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025 MoviePass’s claim to fame was its unlimited plan, which in 2017 was advertised as a way for consumers to watch one movie per day for just $9.95 a month. —

William Gavin, Quartz, 8 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for claim to fame

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