otherwise known as
idiom
—used to indicate a different name that people know or that a person uses
France's King Louis XIV, otherwise known as the Sun King
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Look for any striations (otherwise known as the grain) running vertically or horizontally in the stainless steel finish.
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Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 9 Nov. 2025
This season, Betts made the unprecedented switch to shortstop, otherwise known as one of the most difficult positions on defense.
—Gabe Smallson, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
At the very end of the movie, Bigelow captures a variety of government officials funneling into Raven Rock Mountain Complex, otherwise known as Site R, a military installation with an underground nuclear bunker near Blue Ridge, Pa.
—Jake Kring-Schreifels, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
Let’s go to the front page of the website of the state’s Department of Transitional Assistance, otherwise known as welfare.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
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Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 9 Nov. 2025
This season, Betts made the unprecedented switch to shortstop, otherwise known as one of the most difficult positions on defense.
—Gabe Smallson, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
At the very end of the movie, Bigelow captures a variety of government officials funneling into Raven Rock Mountain Complex, otherwise known as Site R, a military installation with an underground nuclear bunker near Blue Ridge, Pa.
—Jake Kring-Schreifels, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
Let’s go to the front page of the website of the state’s Department of Transitional Assistance, otherwise known as welfare.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
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“Otherwise known as.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/otherwise%20known%20as. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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