household name

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The PCC is a household name in villages like Urucurituba, 1,600 miles north of São Paulo’s squalid jails, where the vast milky Madeira River cuts through the rainforest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

Modine Manufacturing isn’t a household name, but D.A.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

Collaborations with OP Nayyar, Burman and SD Burman made her a household name.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

Her imminent debut on “The Bachelorette” is set to make Paul a household name.

From Salon • Mar. 20, 2026

In 1951, long before James Watson would become a household name around the world, the novelist Doris Lessing took a three-hour walk with the young Watson, whom she knew through a friend of a friend.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee