How to Use in the name of in a Sentence

in the name of

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  • So this isn’t a green light to start guzzling caramel oat lattes in the name of your health.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 22 July 2026
  • Over the years, players have famously broken the rules in the name of fashion.
    Afia Asamoah, InStyle, 30 June 2026
  • Pure catharsis that exiles can dedicate in the name of those silenced on the island.
    Sarah Moreno august 7, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026
  • At this point, most AI tools are being used in the name of efficiency.
    Frances Mei Hardin, STAT, 7 Aug. 2026
  • No longer were decisions being made in the name of preserving what had come before, but rather with a greater focus on success in the present-day.
    William Jones, USA Today, 20 July 2026
  • But in the 1960s, Brooklyn was destroyed in the name of urban renewal.
    Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The change will mean sacrificing small pleasures in the name of convenience, Will Gottsegen argues.
    David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
  • Hiring has screeched to a halt as companies slash thousands of staffers in the name of AI—and tech-savvy talent will have the best shot at career success.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 1 July 2026
  • One can see this most clearly in so many businesses’ willingness to embrace AI in the name of furthering their pursuits.
    William Jones, USA Today, 20 July 2026
  • It was destroyed in the name of urban renewal and has borne the brunt of government interference and disinvestment.
    Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 9 July 2026
  • Equality without liberty can become coercion in the name of fairness.
    Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • But what had happened was—because people like me had kept quiet in the name of coalition politics for so long, when the break came and when the moral test came, when Newtown came.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
  • All of this felt like another admission of defeat—officials destroying Seattle in the name of saving it.
    Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
  • The laws might prevent what some people believe is morally right, or command – in the name of protecting others’ rights or the common good – what others regard as unjust or unholy.
    Robert A. Ballingall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
  • Teens are notorious for experimenting with everything from hairstyles to clothing in the name of self-expression.
    Liz Regalia, Parents, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Biological specimens Liquid exceptions can be made in the name of science.
    Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026
  • These are available at all of his North American headlining shows, only to be purchased in-person at the venue on the day of the gig — first come, first serve, in the name of rock.
    Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2026
  • Much of the social scene centered around protesting, with friends gathering on weekends to march or blockade or occupy the upper branches of a tree in the name of whatever cause seemed most urgent.
    Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
  • While bodily surveillance claims to regulate women’s sports in the name of fairness, experts contest the scientific basis of these claims.
    Megan Gandy, The Conversation, 1 July 2026
  • When a performance artist with an endless amount of fetish gear decides to turn the young horndog into a personal project, the scene is set for a sample platter of deviancy in the name of discovery.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 July 2026
  • The show follows the titular character, left for dead by family in the name of honor but rescued by neighbors, who risk everything to ensure her continued safety.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 July 2026
  • As the colonies moved toward independence in the name of liberty, one of America’s most gifted voices found her first audience across the Atlantic.
    Robin Follman, Oc Register, 4 July 2026
  • Many companies are pursuing flatter structures in the name of speed, efficiency and accountability.
    Doug Dennerline, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • And as more employers trim down their workforces in the name of AI efficiencies, entry-level roles are more vulnerable to disruption.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 7 July 2026
  • On Sunday evening, hundreds of people gathered in the cities of Caracas and Maracaibo to hold vigils in the name of those who have died and the tens of thousands who remain missing.
    Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 6 July 2026
  • When the director of a passion play offered to nail Bautista to a cross in the name of empirical authenticity, the anthropologist declined.
    H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 10 July 2026
  • Ignoring these dynamics in the name of simplicity often results in portfolios that are passive in theory but accidental in practice.
    David Tepp, Forbes.com, 26 Feb. 2026
  • But perhaps the more foolish, collective action is to refuse to get carbon emissions under control, and then instead to place the blame on historic communities who do not want to abandon their culture in the name of climate adaptation.
    Morgan Simon, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • And thanks to those many eyes under the waves working together (unknowingly) in the name of science, conservation can be informed by a wider network of observers, each contributing small pieces to a much larger ecological puzzle!
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
  • Or that Franciscan fathers — members of an order dedicated to lives of poverty and humility — forced tribes to give up their foods, customs and religion in the name of Christ, rewarding them with serfdom.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026

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