As well known vs As is well known

Both "as well known" and "as is well known" are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "As well known" is used when stating a fact that is widely recognized, while "as is well known" is used to introduce a well-known fact or piece of information.

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As well known

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to state a fact or information that is widely recognized or acknowledged.

Examples:

As well known, the Earth revolves around the Sun.
The theory of relativity is as well known as Newton's laws of motion.

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Another economic game that May not be as well known as the prisoner's dilemma is the ultimatum game, and it's also a very interesting probe of our assumptions about the way people make economic transactions.
Another economic game that may not be as well known as the prisoner's dilemma is the ultimatum game, and it's also a very interesting probe of our assumptions about the way people make economic transactions.
Another economic game that May not be as well known as the prisoner's dilemma is the ultimatum game,
She became as well known as Waldo Lydecker's walking stick... and his white carnation.
I cannot help it if in some areas the rules of the game are apparently not as well known as I would like them to be.
She's not as well known, but she's not bad.
THE BUTCHER ISN'T AS WELL KNOWN AS OTHER FAMOUS SERIAL KILLERS, BUT HE IS A LOCAL LEGEND.
So it's very well known to engineers, not as well known to biologists.
When you think, at the time, he was as well-known as Lindbergh, it's astonishing.
Your name is as well-known as my own.
'This guy was as well-known as the work that he did.'
Portugal's growing external debt, and in particular the rapid growth in its public debt, has economic causes as well as the well-known structural ones.
As well-known example of a rerouting is employers' social contributions paid directly by employers to social insurance funds.
Terry Zaleski, a state assemblyman who is certainly not as well-known as his two main opponents, appears to be the new mayor of Yonkers, having captured 30% of the vote.
Furthermore, as stressed in the explanatory memorandum of the proposal, as well as affecting well-known artists, the main impact will be on those who have ceded their exclusive rights to the phonogram producer in exchange for a lump sum payment.
As is well known, this is an extremely sensitive issue.
Money, as is well known, brings peace.
As is well known, relative wealth is not only reflected in cold statistics such as per capita GDP.
As is well known, VAT can be applied and removed.
As is well known, the furore over the publication of cartoons in a Danish newspaper has included some bizarre features.

Alternatives:

widely known
commonly known
familiar to many

As is well known

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to introduce a well-known fact or piece of information.