under a pseudonym
idiom
: using a false name instead of one's real name
She preferred to write under a pseudonym.
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Carter first sued Buzbee under a pseudonym back in November.
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Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2025
Vanity Fair reported in 2022 that Sheedy has been teaching theater at City College of New York and edits books under a pseudonym.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Jack White, whom Simpson deeply admires, even followed it under a pseudonym.
—Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2025
Lathrop, who wrote under a pseudonym, was making a point about counterintelligence—the flushing out of enemy spies and leakers who might compromise a spy agency’s precious secrets.
—Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2025
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Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2025
Vanity Fair reported in 2022 that Sheedy has been teaching theater at City College of New York and edits books under a pseudonym.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Jack White, whom Simpson deeply admires, even followed it under a pseudonym.
—Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2025
Lathrop, who wrote under a pseudonym, was making a point about counterintelligence—the flushing out of enemy spies and leakers who might compromise a spy agency’s precious secrets.
—Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2025
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