How to Use name brand in a Sentence

name brand

1 of 2 noun
  • This jug will do just as many loads is not more than the name brand.
    Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Is the name brand really worth more than the store brand?
    Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Choose name brand over generic products.
    Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Plus, Quince’s trees are up to $1,350 cheaper than the pricey name brand.
    Shea Simmons, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Plus, Quince’s trees are up to $1,350 cheaper than the pricey name brand.
    Shea Simmons, PEOPLE, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Substituting store and generic brands for name brand items can also save you.
    Joshua Sidorowicz, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Meijer's name brand list cost 79 cents more than in September.
    Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 3 Dec. 2025
  • Bernhardt will sell used designer clothing and other items that are clean, have a name brand, and are seasonal.
    Emily M. Olson, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2026
  • After Aldi, the cheapest lists were those that used store brand alternatives to name brand items.
    Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Find more joggers that Amazon reviewers compare to the name brand below.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Those who want name brand items, like Hershey Kisses, will not find them at Trader Joe’s.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Store-brand chocolate milk saves a shopper nearly 59% over name brand at Walmart and Kroger.
    Charlotte Observer, 19 May 2026
  • Many reviewers hype the shoes as being incredibly similar to the name brand, but at a fraction of the price.
    Anja Webb, Parents, 5 Sep. 2025
  • But to the shopper standing in the cereal aisle deciding between name brand and private label?
    Phil Lempert, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • Jain also said dupes are different than counterfeit products since dupes are made to look very close to the real thing, but are not trying to pass for the name brand.
    Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Zeppelin is also a name brand of rigid airships that is often applied to the general category of all rigid airships.
    Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 May 2026
  • Prairie Avenue in Inglewood doesn’t have the name brand of Wilshire or Sunset or Rodeo.
    Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026
  • Geely, just testing the water in Europe with its own name brand, also owns Volvo, Polestar, and Zeekr.
    Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • And imagine your Pasadena opponent is the team that’d allegedly been more worthy than you the year prior, thanks almost entirely to its name brand.
    Jason Kirk, New York Times, 5 May 2026
  • Instead, the company has refashioned itself as a digital force with a massive social media following and a name brand that still means sports, even to young consumers, just in a different form than before.
    Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 13 Nov. 2025
  • In Massachusetts, naloxone, known also by the name brand Narcan, is also available at pharmacies without a prescription.
    Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 21 Jan. 2026
  • An all national-name brand menu for 10 people will cost $95 while an all private-label or store brand menu will cost $80, according to Wells Fargo.
    Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • For example, an inexpensive, single-bowl stainless steel sink might cost as little as $50, but a handmade stainless steel sink from a popular name brand can cost as much as $300 or more.
    Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • At first glance, the site is not the typical location for a boutique hotel, especially with a name brand like Hyatt, something commissioners questioned in the project's rezoning hearing.
    Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 26 Jan. 2026
  • In Nashville and across the state and country, naloxone, commonly known by the name brand Narcan, comes in forms that can be administered through the nose or injected in the thigh, often quickly bringing an overdose victim back to life.
    Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Millville Toaster Tarts For anyone who likes to start their day with a little bit of brown sugar pastry, consider picking up a box of Millville Toaster Tarts instead of name brand Pop-Tarts.
    Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 18 May 2026
  • Kraft Heinz warned investors Tuesday that Berkshire Hathaway may be interested in selling its 325 million shares in the name brand food giant that Buffett helped create back in 2015.
    Josh Funk, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Released in July 2024, Longlegs established Perkins as a name brand horror filmmaker, with the project grossing $128 million worldwide on a budget of less than $10 million.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 1 June 2026
  • But the changing of the guard that will result in Sheridan taking his services from Paramount to NBCUni is seismic all the same because his name brand is more valuable than almost any individual IP he’s created.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 28 Oct. 2025

name-brand

2 of 2 adjective
  • Namely, that cows only have so many name-brand steaks to give.
    Mrussell, oregonlive, 29 June 2023
  • This rivals some name-brand earbuds that are five-times the price.
    Tim Chan, Variety, 23 Mar. 2024
  • Some monkeys wear name-brand clothing and sport gold chains around their thin, hairy necks.
    Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Some of the more macho name-brand artists failed to curry favor this week.
    Julia Halperin, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
  • There are no name-brand grocery stores, no big providers of fruits and vegetables for miles.
    Steve Pickett, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Some ads that claim to offer a great price for a name-brand product might instead send you a cheap knock-off.
    Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2024
  • His gear isn’t name-brand and his trail food consists of instant noodles and granola bars.
    Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2024
  • Keep scrolling to shop more on-sale comfy sandals that look so similar to the name-brand pairs celebs wear.
    Nicola Fumo, Peoplemag, 10 July 2023
  • The matchup was hyped both for the meeting of name-brand schools but also by the analytics crowd.
    ABC News, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Consumers often pay a premium for name-brand items, but that’s not true in all cases this year.
    Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 20 Nov. 2024
  • There’s always an audience for name-brand horror, but don’t expect this one to have long legs.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 17 Feb. 2025
  • These days, however, name-brand franchises are cursed with a disease of more.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 19 May 2026
  • For today’s ultra-wealthy, owning a name-brand house is the ultimate flex.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 July 2025
  • Hedge funds are name-brand goods; when the name retires, the investments often follow.
    Tarpley Hitt, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Two, great quality, name-brand stuff and overall, the prices here compared to other places.
    Amelia Espinales, Florida Times-Union, 18 June 2026
  • Lunchables aren’t the only name-brand food product students might encounter at school.
    Emily Heil, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023
  • This could lead major name-brand businesses to shift their strategy.
    Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 5 June 2025
  • Other factors, such as name-brand hams, a store specialty brand of ham, or how the ham is glazed or smoked are priced higher.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The Caesar is a crowd-pleaser salad, a name-brand salad, a safe-bet salad.
    Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2024
  • There’s so much to love about Target, including its abundance of name-brand luggage.
    Hillary Maglin, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2023
  • At a local warehouse club store, a big bag of name-brand kettle chips that cost me $4 last year costs nearly $8 now.
    Howard Dvorkin, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Kroger’s private labels, which tend to be cheaper than name-brand national brands, have been a growth driver as well.
    Melissa Repko, CNBC, 20 June 2025
  • MoonPies and Little Debbie cakes rained by the box – the name-brand ones, mind you.
    al, 21 Feb. 2023
  • In some cases, the name-brand companies that eventually use their products can do so as well.
    Lisa Song, ProPublica, 15 June 2023
  • What’s held me back, however, is the cost, given that most name-brand options are more than $100.
    Isabel Bekele, InStyle, 12 Jan. 2026
  • And name-brand products are fighting back, sometimes with a wink and nudge and sometimes more aggressively.
    Emma Sandler, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Missing from the district is a single quality, name-brand grocery store, Thomas said.
    Leah Waters, Dallas News, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Even name-brand items are on sale, like this dazzling watch from Nine West that’s discounted to $21.
    Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Major telehealth clinics jumped in to sell these products online at a fraction of the price of their name-brand counterparts.
    Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Even name-brand shipyards can skimp on size and, more importantly, the quality of the beds for yachts costing tens of millions.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 27 Mar. 2025

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