noun
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the state or quality of being notable
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a distinguished person; notable
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Etymology
Origin of notability
First recorded in 1350–1400, notability is from the Middle English word notabilite. See notable, -ity
Example Sentences
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However, not everyone is pleased by the new development, notability retired RAF engineer Steve McGranaghan, who lives opposite the units.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2024
The 27 Club members who ranked in the top 1% of notability were 170% more notable than they would have been if they had died at a different age, Dunivin said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2024
Regardless, it’s clear these singers encountered something profound — a reality better than the riches, stardom and notability they had come to know.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 27, 2023
Maybe there’s room to interpret existing Wiki policies—sourcing, notability, no original research—in a more practical way that can keep other Wikipedia road editors from jumping truck.
From Slate ● Dec. 8, 2023
He came of good family of county rank, and his personal character raised him to the eminence of a notability in Staffordshire.
From The Annals of Willenhall by Frederick William Hackwood
To visit the New York showroom is to court the possibility of rubbing shoulders with many notabilities of rank and fashion .
From Time Magazine Archive
He was soon on friendly terms with many of the notabilities of the capital, and there was every prospect of a congenial and lucrative journalistic activity as correspondent for German newspapers.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
The leading notabilities of the place had booked up all the stalls at more than twice the usual prices.
From Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport by Anthon Bernhard Elias Nilsen
To the collection here was once rashly added figures, in wax, of General Jackson and some other United States notabilities, all in grand costume.
From Toronto of Old by Henry Scadding
Patenôtre pointed out various notabilities to us, but said he didn't know many people.
From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Mary King Waddington
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