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there's always one person stuck with cleaning up the mess, namely me
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Dissent has previously come from other individuals though, namely from Governors Christopher Waller and Michelle Bowman, who disagreed with the consensus to hold rates earlier this summer.
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 12 Nov. 2025
This map of South Florida flood complaints is incomplete for many reasons, namely because some local governments simply don’t keep track of which spots flood.
—Susan Merriam, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2025
By incorporating the former’s deep-supply-chain data into the latter’s supplier network, the collaboration prepares Db for looming regulatory compliance—namely, the DPP—as the Norwegian luggage label gains international momentum.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 11 Nov. 2025
Among the retailers Canvas sold at in its first life are those — namely Target and Walmart — which have rolled back diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives over the last year.
—Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 11 Nov. 2025
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 12 Nov. 2025
This map of South Florida flood complaints is incomplete for many reasons, namely because some local governments simply don’t keep track of which spots flood.
—Susan Merriam, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2025
By incorporating the former’s deep-supply-chain data into the latter’s supplier network, the collaboration prepares Db for looming regulatory compliance—namely, the DPP—as the Norwegian luggage label gains international momentum.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 11 Nov. 2025
Among the retailers Canvas sold at in its first life are those — namely Target and Walmart — which have rolled back diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives over the last year.
—Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 11 Nov. 2025
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“Namely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/namely. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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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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