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
Likewise, other members who ranked in the top 10% of notability became 35% more notable by dying at age 27, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2024
He also said that the Florida Democrats “cannot dispute” the notability of Mr. Phillips.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 11, 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
A notable dark day at Boston, on the 19th March, 1790, induced a lady to write to Dr. Byles, an eccentric but clever notability, the following note:— “Dear Doctor,—How do you account for this darkness?”
From Literary Byways by William Andrews
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
Nevertheless, for better or for worse, all came out for the edification of the notabilities who ranged themselves on one side or the other of the contending parties.
From The Fourth Estate, vol.1 by Armando Palacio Vald?s
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
The Protestant Assembly.—The first general German Protestant Assembly, composed of 400 clerical and lay notabilities, met at Eisenach in a.d.
From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by J. H. Kurtz
The young king brought together his old men, his witch-doctors, and other notabilities.
From Sanders of the River by Edgar Wallace
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