of renown

phrase

somewhat formal
: being known and admired by many people for some special quality or achievement
writers of renown

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Marking its 30th anniversary, the Litchfield Jazz Festival encompasses a camp of jazz students and a festival of local and national jazz musicians of renown July 24-26 in Washington. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2026 The colossal challenge of Holtmann’s career is to get DePaul men’s basketball back to the type of renown where Chicagoans know what the Blue Demons are all about. — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026 The person has initial successes, which lead to greater status in the adventuring group and perhaps even a level of renown in society at large. — Christopher Ferguson, Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026 Stunning fits and starts of renown could now be met with stardom and acclaim. — Marcus K. Dowling, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Oct. 2025 Maybe the actual doubles players of renown, people such as Siniaková and Arévalo, or Desirae Krawczyk and Evan King, or Hsieh Su-wei and Jan Zieliński. — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 29 July 2025 Historically, artists based in Australia, New Zealand and Hawaii have lacked the same level of renown as those in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia. — Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025 There are few experiences more exciting than catching a teenage artist on the cusp of renown, and this is the moment to savor the emergence of Skylar Tang. — Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2025

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