Known
Known adjective - Apprehended with certainty.
Notorious is a synonym for known in famous topic. In some cases you can use "Notorious" instead an adjective "Known", when it comes to topics like characteristic, familiar, recognized. popular alternative
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Wham Episode: The first episode is well-known and notorious for opening with a scene that shows the wrecked, destroyed Dougram in the sand and the implication that only Canary survived.
Source: Anime / Fang of the Sun Dougram - One of the Cleveland Browns' notorious playoff failures is known as "Red Right 88", the name of the play called that resulted in a game-ending interception.
Source: Attack Pattern Alpha - A Chinese developer known as Waixing, known for its notorious RPG conversions, actually remade the original Resident Evil for famiclones.
Source: Retraux / Video Games
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