Examples of last name in a Sentence
His first name is John and his last name is Smith.
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Becoming fundamentalist Katie, who asked that her last name not to be published for privacy concerns, was born in Texas, deep in the Bible Belt of the Southern United States.
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Rachel Clarke, CNN Money, 22 Feb. 2026
The feds did not clarify the relationship between the defendants, three of whom share the same last name.
—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2026
His mother remarried, and his stepfather—one of us, a German Jew—eventually began legal proceedings to adopt his stepsons formally, which would entail changing their last name from Wilson to Rosenthal.
—Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
The woman, who was not identified, has a last name similar to the couple's, the motion said.
—Storey Wertheimer, NBC news, 19 Feb. 2026
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Rachel Clarke, CNN Money, 22 Feb. 2026
The feds did not clarify the relationship between the defendants, three of whom share the same last name.
—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2026
His mother remarried, and his stepfather—one of us, a German Jew—eventually began legal proceedings to adopt his stepsons formally, which would entail changing their last name from Wilson to Rosenthal.
—Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
The woman, who was not identified, has a last name similar to the couple's, the motion said.
—Storey Wertheimer, NBC news, 19 Feb. 2026
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“Last name.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/last%20name. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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