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reputation
reputation \rep-yuh-TAY-shun\
noun
A reputation is the common opinion that people have about someone or something.
Reputation can also refer to a positive position that someone or something has in public esteem or regard.
// She's earned a
reputation as a first-class playwright.
// Investors feared that the scandal had damaged the company's
reputation beyond repair.
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Examples:
"
Menton [France] was once a leading lemon-growing region in Europe, with a global
reputation and exports as far as the United States and Russia in the 18th century." — Barbara Surk and Daniel Cole,
Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024
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