repute
Example Sentences
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Despite his father, William, swiftly banning Virgo from the club, out of concerns for a boy so young treating such a venue of questionable repute as his playground, snooker had already won.
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026
Times Festival of Books, Amanda Knox spoke about her connection with Monica Lewinsky and ‘the sisterhood of ill repute.’
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025
According to the lawsuit, Brightline says Virgin “ceased to constitute a brand of international high repute, largely because of matters related to the pandemic.”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2023
Having been thoroughly Islamized, Ghana began to produce Muslim scholars, lawyers, and Quran readers of some repute, many traveling to Islamic Spain to study or going on pilgrimage to Mecca.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
A botanist of some repute, Nägeli did not think much of Mendel or his work.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
