"gained wide recognition" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to describe something or someone that has received a significant amount of acknowledgement or praise from a wide audience. Here is an example: "The author's latest novel gained wide recognition for its thought-provoking themes and beautifully crafted storytelling."
Yilts has gained wide recognition for its achievements.
When part of the dissertation was published in The Art Bulletin in 1931, Schapiro gained wide recognition.
Busch also gained wide recognition as a singer, interpreting songs by Brecht and the composer Kurt Weill.
The piece for which he first gained wide recognition, a hair-raising 1992 solo called "Endangered Species," showed him fleeing unseen assailants.
This branch of mathematics gained wide recognition after a book about John Nash, a pioneer in the area, was made into the Oscar-winning movie "A Beautiful Mind".
Dr. Crowder gained wide recognition in 1976 with the graduate textbook "Principles of Learning and Memory," which summarized the research done on the matter.
Three other sons also claimed the imamate; of these, Mūsā al-Kāẓim gained widest recognition.
Proenza Schouler, another American fashion favourite who has gained wider recognition thanks to Michelle's taste, shows on Wednesday.
She gained wider recognition in the summer of 2009, when a stalker tried to sell the celebrity gossip site TMZ nude videos of Andrews that he had secretly taped through peepholes in hotels where she stayed.
Fans of Mr. Busch, who has cultivated a loyal following by creating and acting in offbeat plays like "Vampire Lesbians of Sodom" and "Psycho Beach Party" and gained wider recognition as the playwright of the more accessible "Tale of an Allergist's Wife," may like this camped-up revival of the 1956 play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee based on the novel by Patrick Dennis.
Calvert scored so many brilliant tries when Haven were near the top of the pile in the Championship under Steve McCormack, and is one of many Cumbrian players who would surely have gained wider recognition had the area retained a Super League club.
