otherwise known as

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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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The store hosts informal church services, otherwise known as Drinking with Jesus, on the first and third Sundays of each month. Pam Leblanc, Southern Living, 20 July 2026 According to experts, wild brown trout are known to congregate around salmon pens to feed on surplus feed that falls through the net cages, otherwise known as cage-grazing. Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026 Children and parents applauded the performances by the Bob Baker Marionette Theater and opera singer San Cha at Lewis MacAdams Riverfront Park in what’s otherwise known as Frogtown. Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026 Tasmanian tigers, otherwise known as thylacines, have been extinct since 1936. Taylor Dotson, Scientific American, 10 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for otherwise known as

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“Otherwise known as.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/otherwise%20known%20as. Accessed 25 Jul. 2026.

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