: a product that is made by a well-known company
clothing stores that sell name brands at low prices
: relating to or being a product that is made by a well-known company
name-brand clothing
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Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 25 Nov. 2025
Instead, the company has refashioned itself as a digital force with a massive social media following and a name brand that still means sports, even to young consumers, just in a different form than before.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 13 Nov. 2025
Alina Selyukh, NPR, 25 Nov. 2025
The pleasing sensation of watching disparate pieces slowly lock into place pays off like an extended procedural led by name-brand actors.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
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Noun
In Nashville and across the state and country, naloxone, commonly known by the name brand Narcan, comes in forms that can be administered through the nose or injected in the thigh, often quickly bringing an overdose victim back to life.
—Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 25 Nov. 2025
Instead, the company has refashioned itself as a digital force with a massive social media following and a name brand that still means sports, even to young consumers, just in a different form than before.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 13 Nov. 2025
Adjective
At the grocery store, for example, this has been showing up as people refusing to pay more for name-brand groceries and, instead, switching to store brands.
—Alina Selyukh, NPR, 25 Nov. 2025
The pleasing sensation of watching disparate pieces slowly lock into place pays off like an extended procedural led by name-brand actors.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
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“Name brand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/name%20brand. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.
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