world-renowned
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of world-renowned
First recorded in 1590–1600
Example Sentences
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The hotel, a short walk from world-renowned museums, is formed of conjoined Victorian townhouses with British and Irish flags displayed out front.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
But ire towards the plans runs deep in this affluent and picturesque stretch of Scotland's world-renowned golf coast.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026
The world-renowned Canadian comic actor was the shining star and scene-stealer of every film and television show she was cast in.
From Salon • Feb. 5, 2026
But his decorated manuscripts are kept abroad, at world-renowned institutions such as New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, the British Library in London and the Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul.
From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026
In the end, those kids collected five times as many paper clips as they needed, and founded a world-renowned Holocaust museum.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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