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

Whether Yurlady wants public recognition is another matter, since she’s only ever viewed writing as a private outlet for expression.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 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

Anna welcomes the public recognition of humanitarian workers: "It really fills me with confidence that this is something that's being valued."

From BBC • Jan. 30, 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