How to Use under a pseudonym in a Sentence
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He’s been known to log on under a pseudonym and play speed chess while drunk.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
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This isn’t the first time that scholars have found stories written by Alcott under a pseudonym.
—Michael Casey, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2024
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It has been hung up until now because the school system objected to her filing under a pseudonym.
—Fox News, 30 June 2022
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The plaintiff’s request to proceed under a pseudonym requires approval from the court.
—Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
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Jack White, whom Simpson deeply admires, even followed it under a pseudonym.
—Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2025
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Hanania acknowledged writing the posts under a pseudonym and, since then, has only partly renounced his past.
—Will Carless, USA TODAY, 29 July 2024
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Their faces must be covered, since her father is still politically active under a pseudonym.
—Max Norman, ARTnews.com, 9 Dec. 2024
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Rufus Griswold was Poe’s nemesis and wrote a scathing eulogy for him under a pseudonym.
—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2023
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The newspaper was seeking a former convict to replace a double murderer who had been writing a column under a pseudonym.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 9 Dec. 2022
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Rhode Island courts have a strong presumption against allowing someone to sue under a pseudonym, a rare exception to the rule of an open court system, the groups said.
—Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2022
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Then, Raven and Max found an escort site advertising the services of Claudia, under a pseudonym.
—Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 9 Feb. 2023
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Unbeknownst to his new girlfriend, Ellison, under a pseudonym, has written a novel that becomes a smash success.
—Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 6 Dec. 2023
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Unbeknownst to his new girlfriend, Ellison, under a pseudonym, has written a novel that becomes a smash success.
—Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 7 Jan. 2024
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Monk pushes Arthur to submit his novel under a pseudonym to the editors that previously rejected him.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2023
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The undercover agent testified under a pseudonym at a separate trial for Speed in Virginia on gun charges.
—Michael Kunzelman, ajc, 8 May 2023
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On a separate note, Rufus Griswold was Poe's nemesis who wrote a scathing eulogy for the poet under a pseudonym.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 12 Oct. 2023
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Chiarelli was a producer who segued to screenwriting, penning Proposal under a pseudonym.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
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Mia, testifying under a pseudonym, formerly worked as a personal assistant for Combs.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 29 May 2025
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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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Many have speculated that this is precisely what Ferrante, who writes under a pseudonym and whose identity is unknown, does in the Neapolitan Quartet.
—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2025
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Letters from Winston Churchill, a short story written under a pseudonym and a gold electronic wristwatch are some of the items once owned by Charles de Gaulle that will be up for auction next week.
—Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024
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Bremerton detectives are still hoping to piece together how Basham came to be living in Los Angeles under a pseudonym, Elton said.
—Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
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Despite taking extreme efforts to keep details of their lives secret — including by having Davy travel under a pseudonym — reporters often turned up at places where the pair had agreed to meet, Harry’s lawyer wrote.
—Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com, 5 June 2023
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Sokola had originally sued Weinstein under a pseudonym but withdrew from the global settlement and filed the lawsuit independently.
—Chris Francescani, ABC News, 26 Apr. 2024
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Cavalier said he’s being retaliated against for those comments and for writing a fictional book under a pseudonym about the experience of being a Black police officer.
—Antonio Planas, NBC News, 16 Oct. 2021
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The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith Highsmith first published this book under a pseudonym, for fear of being associated with it.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2025
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Carmen Mola has been known as Spain’s Elena Ferrante, a crime novelist said to be a university professor writing under a pseudonym.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2021
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Before beginning its analysis, the court noted that the defendants did not oppose the plaintiff’s motion to proceed under a pseudonym at the time of the motion, but sought the right to revisit the issue later on in the litigation process.
—Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 30 June 2022
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That love has propelled the politico’s side career as an author — a career that includes romantic suspense novels written under a pseudonym, a political thriller, two nonfiction books and, more recently, children’s books.
—Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2023
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Publishing under a pseudonym, the writer produced a detective trilogy with an eccentric female police inspector as the protagonist, plumbing the underworld for clues to crimes.
—New York Times, 29 Oct. 2021
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