Examples of namely in a Sentence
there's always one person stuck with cleaning up the mess, namely me
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And a lot of that unbridled joy comes from his family, namely being a father to actress Zoe Kravitz, who is set to wed actor Channing Tatum.
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Sara Vallone, Miami Herald, 5 June 2024
And Russian natural gas, which has generally been a major energy source for the E.U., is being consumed less and less as countries in the bloc seek to get the commodity elsewhere — namely from the United States.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 5 June 2024
Many are hesitant to stray from what has been a profitable playbook — namely, selling gas-burning trucks and SUVs.
—Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 31 May 2024
As white light, composed of all visible wavelengths of light, enters the atmosphere, air molecules preferentially scatter the waves with the shortest, highest-energy wavelengths, namely blue and violet light.
—Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 27 May 2024
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Sara Vallone, Miami Herald, 5 June 2024
And Russian natural gas, which has generally been a major energy source for the E.U., is being consumed less and less as countries in the bloc seek to get the commodity elsewhere — namely from the United States.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 5 June 2024
Many are hesitant to stray from what has been a profitable playbook — namely, selling gas-burning trucks and SUVs.
—Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 31 May 2024
As white light, composed of all visible wavelengths of light, enters the atmosphere, air molecules preferentially scatter the waves with the shortest, highest-energy wavelengths, namely blue and violet light.
—Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 27 May 2024
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“Namely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/namely. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.
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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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