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there's always one person stuck with cleaning up the mess, namely me
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The race has also been reshaped by the politics of the United States, namely the aggressively expansionist vision and chaotic economic policy of President Donald Trump.
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Sean Collins, Vox, 28 Apr. 2025
Using the latter’s knowledge of the Seattle art market — namely the whereabouts of some of its most valuable paintings — the two cellmates began plotting an ambitious crime spree, Walker said.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 27 Apr. 2025
Those remarks suggested the pilots were spending too much time and energy looking outside of the cockpit and not enough looking at their instruments, namely the three altimeters that would have indicated to them exactly how far above the ground the plane was flying.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 27 Apr. 2025
Still, Burden does have some familiarity — namely with Williams.
—Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2025
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Sean Collins, Vox, 28 Apr. 2025
Using the latter’s knowledge of the Seattle art market — namely the whereabouts of some of its most valuable paintings — the two cellmates began plotting an ambitious crime spree, Walker said.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 27 Apr. 2025
Those remarks suggested the pilots were spending too much time and energy looking outside of the cockpit and not enough looking at their instruments, namely the three altimeters that would have indicated to them exactly how far above the ground the plane was flying.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 27 Apr. 2025
Still, Burden does have some familiarity — namely with Williams.
—Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2025
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“Namely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/namely. Accessed 7 May. 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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