name brand

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noun

: a product that is made by a well-known company
clothing stores that sell name brands at low prices

name-brand

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adjective

: relating to or being a product that is made by a well-known company
name-brand clothing

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Noun
Check your insurance plan's preferred drug list and what its rules are for generics versus name brand. Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025 About three quarters of the 70 store-brand products used in the test tasted just as good as the name brand, researchers found. Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 13 May 2025
Adjective
Despite skyrocketing prices for TV rights from name-brand sports leagues, even smaller streaming services know their future will be driven in part by that particularly sticky tune-in driver for audiences. David Bloom, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025 Big Deal The 2025 Fortune 100 Most Powerful People in Business list debuted this morning, featuring agile disruptors, name-brand titans, Fortune 500 CEOs, and behind-the-scenes power players. Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for name brand

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“Name brand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/name%20brand. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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