public recognition

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In an email from the same year, he wrote to Musk: “I am motivated by public recognition for my own work.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

But it doesn’t take much to detect the pride he has in his son, whose work may not reliably pay the bills but has brought public recognition and a sense of redeeming purpose.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

Shadow cabinet ministers have been playing down the significance of Jenrick's defection, arguing that he has limited public recognition.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026

Section 2 enforcement by the Department of Justice has long represented both a national commitment to racially inclusive democracy and a public recognition that this promise remains unfulfilled.

From Slate • Oct. 10, 2025

She did not tell anyone about it because it would have been a public recognition of her uselessness.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez