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as in nickname
a descriptive or familiar name given instead of or in addition to the one belonging to an individual
a soccer player whom everyone knows as "Mayhem," her adopted alias in the sports world that was created from her surname
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as in pseudonym
a fictitious or assumed name
the English author Eric Blair, better known under the alias of George Orwell
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Recent Examples of alias
Some use the names of real people, but many seem to be aliases for Firestone herself.
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Audrey Wollen, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
Prosecutors said Holmberg, who was still a senator at the time of the visits, used the alias Sean Evans.
—Krystal Nurse, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
Many artists began using aliases (and particularly ones that constantly changed) on Instagram, while others resisted censorship outright.
—Rebecca Ruth Gould, JSTOR Daily, 9 Apr. 2025
All-American Madison Booker (alias: Midrange Maddie) continues to ball through the NCAA Tournament.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
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Audrey Wollen, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
Prosecutors said Holmberg, who was still a senator at the time of the visits, used the alias Sean Evans.
—Krystal Nurse, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
Many artists began using aliases (and particularly ones that constantly changed) on Instagram, while others resisted censorship outright.
—Rebecca Ruth Gould, JSTOR Daily, 9 Apr. 2025
All-American Madison Booker (alias: Midrange Maddie) continues to ball through the NCAA Tournament.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alias
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Photo of the day: Welcome to the Mammoths The Utah Hockey Club unveiled its new nickname, the Mammoth, and its logo Wednesday.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
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Salt Spring more than deserves the nickname the Island of the Arts.—
Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
8 May 2025
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The show also features art works collected by Worth, including a marble bust by Marcello, the pseudonym of Swiss sculptor, painter and aristocrat Adèle d’Affry.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
7 May 2025
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One of them was 28-year-old Sara (a pseudonym), who fled abuse in Iran and turned to the United States out of desperation and hope, only to have her dreams of freedom and safety dashed and her trauma deepen.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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The new pope’s name, as well as his baptismal names, will be translated into Latin in the announcement but his former surname will remain in his native language.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
4 May 2025
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And then there’s Brian Steel, whose sole flashy trait is his surname.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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Police said an investigation revealed the man had been sitting in the plaza when the woman approached him and without provocation spat on him while yelling a racial epithet directed at Black people.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
15 Apr. 2025
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The word has become an epithet for garish, reckless growth — but to fix the housing crisis, the country needs more of it.—
Conor Dougherty,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2025
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The directing pair, who also work under the ‘Similar But Different’ moniker, started out in commercials and music videos.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
14 May 2025
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Tickets for the one-day music festival headlined and created by Ryan Raddon, who goes by the moniker Kaskade, are on sale now at sunsoakedofficial.com.—
Charlie Vargas,
Oc Register,
9 May 2025
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“Alias.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alias. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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