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well-known

[wel-nohn] / ˈwɛlˈnoʊn /


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A well-known place to shop for annuities is at immediateannuities.com, which is run by Hersh Stern, the company that published Annuity Shopper for decades.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Fielder is well-known to comedy fans for his docuseries “The Rehearsal” and “Nathan for You,” where he honed his brand of awkward absurdity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

"While two well-known bacterial pathogens dominated the known disease profile, we also detected a surprisingly high level of another group of bacteria that has not previously been linked to the mushroom disease."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

That he shares his name with Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini - "two of the most well-known figures of 20th-Century European totalitarian regimes" - has made his candidacy a "striking event", local outlet Peru21 reported.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

In another 2,400 years, even Socrates, the most well-known genius of that century, might be forgotten.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green


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