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The land it stood on found its first renown as Inceville.

He’s a proper theater actor who came to renown playing Alex in an onstage production of “A Clockwork Orange.”

Between them, “Wicked” boasts wider renown, which makes “Wild Robot” the true “it’s an honor just to be nominated” pick.

From Salon

His exposing of human rights abuses earned him not only international renown and a knighthood, but also a bitter resentment of colonial powers which would eventually lead him to the gallows.

From BBC

He added that "Disney is renown for entertainment", but said that his mother's death "is not entertainment for me and my family".

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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