Hall of Fame
Americannoun
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a national shrine in New York City commemorating the names of outstanding Americans.
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a room, building, etc., set aside to honor outstanding individuals in any profession, locality, nation, or the like.
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a number of individuals acclaimed as outstanding in a particular profession, field of endeavor, locality, or the like.
noun
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a building containing plaques or busts honouring famous people
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a group of famous people
Example Sentences
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There have been 354 inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame, 23 of them as managers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Racking up buckets of saves sent Billy Wagner and Trevor Hoffman to the Hall of Fame and turned flamethrowers like Mitch “Wild Thing” Williams and Eric “Game Over” Gagne into cult figures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Kent, who is 6-foot-1 and played at around 185 pounds, accomplished much while building his Hall of Fame career in the majors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
Those items are reminders of the work ethic, drive and connection to family that defined Kent’s trek from Huntington Beach to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
And this column was written by Marilyn vos Savant and in the magazine it said that she had the highest IQ in the world in the Guinness Book of World Records Hall of Fame.
From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
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