household name

noun

: a person or thing whose name is very well-known

a famous actor who has become a household name

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Thirty years later, Lidl has become a household name, operating more than 1,000 stores across the country and reshaping the supermarket landscape. —

Kate Hardcastle, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024 The program aired for 13 seasons and made Oz a household name. —

Jonathan J. Cooper, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2024 While Kamala Harris made history, Vivek Ramaswamy became a household name, and Usha Vance debuted to a tepid national audience, many everyday South Asian Americans were experiencing something altogether different. —

Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2024 That changed in recent years, with the advent of social media and, especially, cable TV and its political chat shows, which turned Schiff into a household name, not just in California but nationally. —

Mark Z. Barabak, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for household name

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