notoriety
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cause célèbre (also cause celebre), celeb, celebrity, figure, icon (also ikon), light, luminary, megastar, name, notability, notable, personage, personality, somebody, standout, star, superstar, VIP
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Get our daily newsletter The plight of the Rohingyas has gained notoriety, though with compassion for refugees at an international ebb, they could be stuck in the camps for years. — The Economist, "A Chinese development scheme complicates Myanmar’s ethnic conflicts," 29 Aug. 2019 Boniface’s notoriety formed around his work as a photojournalist covering the violence following Kenya’s 2007/2008 elections, which ultimately killed 1,500 Kenyans and displaced a further 300,000. — Georgia Frances King, Quartz, "Deray Mckesson talks to one of Africa’s biggest activists about reparations, equality, and reconciliation," 20 Aug. 2019 The platoon is part of SEAL Team 7, the same team that gained notoriety after one of its members, Chief Eddie Gallagher, was acquitted of war crimes charges earlier this month. — Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, "San Diego-based SEAL Team 7 platoon sent home for ‘deterioration of good order and discipline’," 24 July 2019 Allen gained notoriety throughout the college basketball world during his four seasons at Duke for multiple tripping incidents, which at one point led to coach Mike Krzyzewski to lay down the law and indefinitely suspend the Blue Devils star. — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, "Donovan Mitchell gets a star teammate AND doesn't have to hang with Grayson Allen anymore," 19 June 2019 Those dollars and the notoriety that comes with them make events like his $100,000 per ticket fundraiser possible. — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, "SoulCycle hit with Bay Area-fueled backlash over chairman’s Trump fundraiser: ‘A lot of women are going to be outraged’," 7 Aug. 2019 These days, as the money and the notoriety have grown and the schedule has expanded, the drivers have insulated themselves from the fans. — Mike Bianchi, orlandosentinel.com, "Rain-postponed Coke Zero Sugar 400 is proof that Fourth of July racing in Daytona lost its identity years ago | Commentary," 6 July 2019 The notoriety surrounding urban rats has attached an unnecessary stigma to eating rodents in general, notes Robert Corrigan, an urban rodentologist with RMC Pest Management Consulting in Westchester, New York. — National Geographic, "The chef dangled the raw, bloody carcasses before my face as if this were a tantalizing choice. Normally, I’d say neither, but seeing as how it was New Year’s Eve in this Mekong River border town, a little bit of adventurous eating seemed apropos.," 14 Mar. 2019 Because of the notoriety of the case, media outlets have been eager to tell Coley’s story. — Pam Kragen, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Win or lose, baseball's just as sweet for exonerated man," 11 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'notoriety.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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