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Noun
He achieved great renown for his discoveries.
Her photographs have earned her international renown.
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Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Apr. 2024
Paul, who gained renown as a YouTube celebrity and has only ten fights to his professional credit, was born in 1997, the same year that an over-the-hill-seeming Tyson was disqualified from a title bout for chomping on Evander Holyfield’s ears.
—Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2024
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Noun
Nevertheless, Ringgold did not achieve widespread renown until more than a decade after the American People series.
—Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Apr. 2024
Paul, who gained renown as a YouTube celebrity and has only ten fights to his professional credit, was born in 1997, the same year that an over-the-hill-seeming Tyson was disqualified from a title bout for chomping on Evander Holyfield’s ears.
—Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2024
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“Renown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/renown. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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