as in moniker
a word or combination of words by which a person or thing is regularly known
the brochure had advertised a sandy beach, but we didn't see anything that remotely merited that appellative
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The latter moniker was lifted from a Catholic high school that had been a local basketball powerhouse.—
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
21 June 2025 -
Stone came back around a few years later to advertise 1982’s Ain’t But One Way, the patchy final studio album under the Family Stone moniker, completed by a producer when Stone flaked on the sessions.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
12 June 2025
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His name will be released by the Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office after his family has been notified.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 June 2025
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As the person is detained, the one recording will sometimes try to get his name, before he is lost in the system.—
Emily Witt,
New Yorker,
22 June 2025
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The addition of a new editorial leader on the U.S. Vogue team is expected to allow Wintour more time to support the markets more equally, in addition to leading all titles at Condé Nast, with the exception of The New Yorker.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
26 June 2025
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Those collections have become the focus for millions of listeners, especially on streaming platforms, which largely keep those titles alive.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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The research nomenclature for AI hallucinations refers to the out-of-thin-air types as HK-, while the misses-the-boat are known as HK+.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
3 Dec. 2024
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The Model 2 – nomenclature used by analysts to designate a low-cost Tesla – was supposed to be a revolutionary low-cost vehicle that used Tesla’s latest and greatest manufacturing technology to reduce production costs.—
Brooke Crothers,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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The Sullivan Estate vineyard is on the valley floor at the northern edge of the Rutherford appellation, where predominantly gravel, sand, and loam soils provide excellent natural drainage and result in reduced vigor and low yields in a good year; 2021’s was reduced by 30 percent.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
15 June 2025
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Paris favors the kinder appellation: The Holy Trinity.—
Jeff Weiss,
HollywoodReporter,
12 June 2025
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The racist epithets — including a swastika and N***** spray-painted onto the concrete walls surrounding the park — were reported to the Miami Police on Monday afternoon in what the community and police are calling a hate crime.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
3 June 2025
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Barnyard epithets did not pepper the prepared speeches of most of Hegseth's predecessors.—
Tom Vanden Brook,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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The Senate Bill shifts the OZ 2.0 designation window to July 1, 2026, removing the $10,000 carve-out proposed by the House and the 33 percent requirement definition of eligible tracts.—
Oludolapo Makinde,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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But there’s no smoking gun, no official designation, no bronze plaque.—
David Hudnall,
Kansas City Star,
30 June 2025
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One person helped by the nonprofit is Doña Chela, an undocumented 66-year-old woman who asked to be identified by her nickname.—
Andrea Castillo,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2025
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Young red mangroves trees, some with nicknames like Rosie, Penelope and Dingle, are being adopted and raised in backyard gardens, at restaurant host stands, beside bank teller windows and in school classrooms throughout Sanibel Island and the Fort Myers area.—
Christina Kelso,
New York Times,
24 June 2025
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“Appellative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appellative. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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