How to Use claim to fame in a Sentence
claim to fame
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The 2024 White Sox have that claim to fame nailed down.
—Jayson Stark, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024
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And that lore may be the oarfish’s most notable claim to fame.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
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At the time, his greatest claim to fame was the size of his paycheck.
—Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2023
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But Powell Jobs’ claim to fame isn’t just being the wife of the late and great Steve Jobs.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2024
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The real claim to fame here is the library of 200-plus tequilas.
—Deanne Revel, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2024
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Reid is far from the only NFL pro with a claim to fame regarding the pair, though.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 18 Oct. 2023
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This phone's claim to fame is having two periscope camera lenses on the back.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 8 Jan. 2024
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Today, there is still a line down the street to order one of the many creative takes on the city’s claim to fame, a lobster roll.
—Eliseé Browchuk, Vogue, 3 Feb. 2025
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An appearance on the big screen is far from St. Michaels’ only claim to fame, though.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2025
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In fact, this hot sauce's claim to fame is that it was used to invent Buffalo wings.
—Jorie Nicole McDonald, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2023
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The species’ claim to fame is simple: The African wildcat is the ancestor of our beloved household pets.
—Jonathan Losos, Discover Magazine, 10 Aug. 2023
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Its claim to fame, O’Brien said, is its choice of fabrics, which offer comfort at their core.
—Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 5 Aug. 2024
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Filled with the typical taco fillings, this item’s claim to fame was the hard taco shell made with Cool Ranch Doritos chips.
—Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2023
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Qatar Airways Qatar Airways' claim to fame is its Qsuite business-class seats.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2023
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His claim to fame was that he was connected to many different groups.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 14 June 2024
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Mindy Kaling and Jennifer Lawrence also recently laced up shoes from the brand, so it’s got more than just one claim to fame.
—Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 11 Feb. 2025
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This small town went from a ghost town to a popular destination thanks to this claim to fame.
—Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 20 May 2024
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View Photos Top speed may be the Diablo's big claim to fame, but this bull is most at home stampeding the twisties.
—Frank Markus, Car and Driver, 1 Aug. 2023
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Of course, Perry’s biggest claim to fame will always be Chandler Bing.
—Sarah Hepola, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2023
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Without question, his daughter, Raegan McGuire, has a greater claim to fame.
—Brad Townsend, Dallas News, 11 July 2023
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Its claim to fame was a dubious breakthrough, sort of the down-market flip side to the Pentagon Papers.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2023
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Vance’s first claim to fame may have been his rise from rags to riches, but Thiel was key to his political success.
—Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 17 July 2024
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Two decades later, those who were there call it their claim to fame: witnessing the formative years of a future Hall of Famer.
—Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 20 Aug. 2024
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The 49ers made Moody a third-round draft pick to replace Robbie Gould, whose claim to fame was never missing a postseason kick.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2024
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Sonos' big claim to fame was offering one of the first major wireless multi-room audio platforms, but the Ace isn't a part of it.
—Will Greenwald, PCMAG, 21 May 2024
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But the property's claim to fame is its farm-to-table program that includes the first carbon-neutral farm in the country.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2023
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Our family’s claim to fame is that Cesar Chavez had coffee at our table in Huron, Calif.
—Cat Cardenas, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
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Naturally, such a claim to fame comes alive around Halloween.
—Rose Marie Walano, Country Living, 14 June 2023
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If Dallas’ claim to fame is its forward depth, those kinds of slumps are inexcusable.
—Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Families also love Ocean City's claim to fame: salt water taffy.
—Rose Marie Walano, Country Living, 9 Aug. 2023
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