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
And imagine your Pasadena opponent is the team that’d allegedly been more worthy than you the year prior, thanks almost entirely to its name brand. Jason Kirk, New York Times, 5 May 2026 Zeppelin is also a name brand of rigid airships that is often applied to the general category of all rigid airships. Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 May 2026
Adjective
As the summer season on the Riviera kicks off with the Cannes Film Festival ushering in its annual swirl of name-brand beach clubs, parties and impossible-to-get reservations, a different kind of luxury is drawing travelers inland. Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 12 May 2026 According to the Private Label Manufacturers Association, store-brand sales rose nearly three times faster than sales of national name-brand products last year. Brittney Melton, NPR, 12 May 2026 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 13 May. 2026.

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