well-known

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“She wasn’t someone who was well-known in the industry at the time, but he brought her in and she was an absolute superstar,” Mueller, now CEO of the startup Impulse Space, told MarketWatch over email.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Hackers from a well-known cyber criminal group have accessed a "significant amount" of personal student data held by the University of Nottingham.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

There’s no evidence that well-known women using social media and public appearances to sell their audiences on GenAI have any ill intent, or that they’re shills for AI companies.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

Nestlé is exploring selling well-known brands, including sparkling-water company San Pellegrino and the rest of its stake in ice cream maker Häagen-Dazs.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Within a five-block radius of my apartment there are four first-run multiplexes and a dozen thirty-to-fifty-seat revival houses with rotating programs devoted to obscure and well-known actors, directors, and genres.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris