renowned

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  1. adjective Having renown; famous. See Synonyms at noted.

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  • And if everybody in Bangkok (or everybody in Bangkok who matters) reads that Wally Schtuppe is renowned, then everyone will believe it. —  Cultural Snow
  • By world-renowned, I guess I mean in my bedroom and surrounding living spaces. —  TVgasm Recaps
  • But the prominent Madison Valley facility -- renowned as the country's first skilled nursing home designed and built for AIDS patients -- is facing a funding crisis that may force the closure of its outpatient program. —  Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Local News
  • As dramatic as this tragedy was, its periodic retelling tends to overshadow the work of Easter Seals founder Edgar "Daddy" Allen, a visionary Elyria resident whose progressive ideas laid the foundation for the world-renowned organization born in Elyria in 1919. —  Chronicle-Telegram
  • I for one am excited that something so world-renowned is coming to little Salt Lake. —  deseretnews.com - Top Stories
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eminent ·  famous ·  famed ·  influential ·  swedish ·  italian ·  foremost ·  talented ·  venerable ·  able ·  first-rate ·  notable
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  1. from Middle English renowned, renomed (Scots renownit, renommit); past participle of renown, v.
 

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