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there's always one person stuck with cleaning up the mess, namely me
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The meeting likely focused on territory, namely the mineral-rich eastern Ukrainian region known as the Donbas, which has important rivers and fertile farmland.
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Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 24 Jan. 2026
Chris Pratt already has a number of projects lined up, namely a return to three of these.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
No, not with center Bam Adebayo, who scored 32 points in Thursday night’s 127-110 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers to follow up his 25 in Tuesday night’s 130-117 victory over the Sacramento Kings, but rather the rest of the power rotation, namely Kel’el Ware and Nikola Jovic.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2026
Concerns around a larger regional conflict have also lifted prices given Iran’s proximity to some of the world’s largest oil producers -- namely Saudi Arabia.
—Macklin Fishman,pippa Stevens, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2026
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Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 24 Jan. 2026
Chris Pratt already has a number of projects lined up, namely a return to three of these.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
No, not with center Bam Adebayo, who scored 32 points in Thursday night’s 127-110 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers to follow up his 25 in Tuesday night’s 130-117 victory over the Sacramento Kings, but rather the rest of the power rotation, namely Kel’el Ware and Nikola Jovic.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2026
Concerns around a larger regional conflict have also lifted prices given Iran’s proximity to some of the world’s largest oil producers -- namely Saudi Arabia.
—Macklin Fishman,pippa Stevens, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2026
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“Namely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/namely. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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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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