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there's always one person stuck with cleaning up the mess, namely me
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BofA noted support on the thesis of collapsing small-business hiring from other research, namely the Institute’s November Employment Report and data from payroll-service provider ADP, which both revealed a decline led by losses in small businesses.
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2025
Bigger businesses — namely a grocery store — are envisioned for a larger commercial center northeast of Barnwood, staff stated.
—Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 14 Dec. 2025
Florida remains without a slew of key players — namely forwards Aleksander Barkov, Matthew Tkachuk, Tomas Nosek, Jonah Gadjovich and Cole Schwindt plus defenseman Dmitry Kulikov — so any player returning provides a noticeable spark.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 13 Dec. 2025
But there were other considerations, namely not giving teams too much of an unreasonable stretch of tough games, and balancing home and away games.
—Seth Emerson, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2025
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2025
Bigger businesses — namely a grocery store — are envisioned for a larger commercial center northeast of Barnwood, staff stated.
—Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 14 Dec. 2025
Florida remains without a slew of key players — namely forwards Aleksander Barkov, Matthew Tkachuk, Tomas Nosek, Jonah Gadjovich and Cole Schwindt plus defenseman Dmitry Kulikov — so any player returning provides a noticeable spark.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 13 Dec. 2025
But there were other considerations, namely not giving teams too much of an unreasonable stretch of tough games, and balancing home and away games.
—Seth Emerson, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for namely
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“Namely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/namely. Accessed 27 Dec. 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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