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there's always one person stuck with cleaning up the mess, namely me
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Among them was an amicus curiae signed by 200 Members of Congress urging the court to uphold the findings of the lower courts—namely, that the president overstepped his executive authority in enacting the tariffs using IEEPA.
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Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 5 Nov. 2025
He is accused of providing resources and personnel, namely himself, to ISIS.
—Michael Ruiz , Maria Paronich, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Demonstrations across the world have increasingly become glued together by younger demographics, namely Gen-Z — or people born roughly after 1997.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
There have been reports that some Democrats are growing wary of the effects of the shutdown, namely, pauses in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits and shortages of air traffic controllers and security agents at airports.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 5 Nov. 2025
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Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 5 Nov. 2025
He is accused of providing resources and personnel, namely himself, to ISIS.
—Michael Ruiz , Maria Paronich, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Demonstrations across the world have increasingly become glued together by younger demographics, namely Gen-Z — or people born roughly after 1997.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
There have been reports that some Democrats are growing wary of the effects of the shutdown, namely, pauses in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits and shortages of air traffic controllers and security agents at airports.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 5 Nov. 2025
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“Namely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/namely. Accessed 11 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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