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well-known

[wel-nohn] / ˈwɛlˈnoʊn /


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For this reader, these included unknown poems by well-known authors, such as E.A.

From The Wall Street Journal

Where Perpetua can be frustratingly elusive, Augustine is almost too well-known for biography.

From The Wall Street Journal

Touchdown airbursts are a form of cosmic impact that may happen more often than the well-known, crater-forming events linked to mass extinctions.

From Science Daily

She finds that the shows that tend to do well have to have a well-known lead actor, be of an interesting topic and be attached to something that is already established or popular.

From Los Angeles Times

One version of a well-known story about Diogenes tells of how the Cynic went through the streets of Athens holding a lamp, searching for an honest person.

From The Wall Street Journal