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notoriety

[noh-tuh-rahy-i-tee] / ˌnoʊ təˈraɪ ɪ ti /


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But that hasn’t stopped him from using his notoriety to sell merch and pump his $CHUD scamcoin while winking to his online flock.

From Slate Aug. 20, 2026

For her own safety, he added, there was a "substantial chance" that she would be held in an isolation wing "for years to come" because of the notoriety of her case.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

In fact, too much wealth or notoriety has become a deterrent, as wealthy new applicants arriving in Florida are learning.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

Controversies such as a 2002 autopsy performed in London -- on camera and before an audience —- further fuelled his notoriety.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

For his part, Albus had arrived at Hogwarts under the burden of unwanted notoriety.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

And perhaps the author of the Potiphar Papers is in his way quite as characteristic of New York as any of the more self-seeking notorieties who din into our ears the catalogue of their merits.

From Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms by Brander Matthews

One met beauty as well as brains; wealth as well as wit; and quite as many colourless nonentities as notorieties of every hue.

From My Lord Duke by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung

Now, she has added to her store of knowledge a great number of first impressions of London notorieties, which naturally throw her mind and Mrs. Stuart's more frequently into contact with each other.

From Miss Bretherton by Mrs. Humphry Ward

Notabilities as long as the Spanish money lasted—then notorieties.

From The Tragic Bride by Francis Brett Young

You see, Beriah is one of our South Denboro notorieties; he’s famous in his way.

From Cap'n Warren's Wards by Joseph Crosby Lincoln




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