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there's always one person stuck with cleaning up the mess, namely me
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Saleh’s offenses weren’t especially productive in New York, wasting a couple of high-level defensive seasons — namely in 2022 and 2023 — because of the Jets’ struggles on offense.
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Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
One consistent critique that came up was the repurposing and reallocating of positions, namely, paraeducators, especially the ones who help high school science classes.
—Dennis Valera, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
The irony is that markets are worried about the opposite--namely, Warsh’s history as a hawk on interest rates and Fed policy.
—Kelly Evans, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2026
In an opinion delivered Friday, Judge Margaret Garnett of the Southern District of New York ordered two of the charges against Mangione dismissed, namely murder and use of a firearm.
—Ben Brachfeld, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
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Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
One consistent critique that came up was the repurposing and reallocating of positions, namely, paraeducators, especially the ones who help high school science classes.
—Dennis Valera, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
The irony is that markets are worried about the opposite--namely, Warsh’s history as a hawk on interest rates and Fed policy.
—Kelly Evans, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2026
In an opinion delivered Friday, Judge Margaret Garnett of the Southern District of New York ordered two of the charges against Mangione dismissed, namely murder and use of a firearm.
—Ben Brachfeld, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
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“Namely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/namely. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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namely
adverb
name·ly
ˈnām-lē 
: that is to say
the cat family, namely, lions, tigers, and related animals
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