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christened the new baby "Ophelia"
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Recent Examples of christen
The grooves were always funky, compliments of an all-world cast of musicians christened the Soultronics.
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Keith Murphy, VIBE.com, 12 Dec. 2025
Among them was a dog who would later be christened Tusche.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
The high-profile jewelers would join a tony strip long associated with luxury fashion brands including Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Giorgio Armani, Prada, Balenciaga, Versace and Loewe, which recently christened its first Casa flagship showcasing all of its product categories.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 26 Nov. 2025
Maps referred to it then as the Santa Clara Valley, but romantic minds of the day christened it the Valley of Heart’s Delight, after a 1927 poem by a local writer with Wordsworthian sensibilities, named Clara Louise Lawrence.
—Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
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Keith Murphy, VIBE.com, 12 Dec. 2025
Among them was a dog who would later be christened Tusche.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
The high-profile jewelers would join a tony strip long associated with luxury fashion brands including Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Giorgio Armani, Prada, Balenciaga, Versace and Loewe, which recently christened its first Casa flagship showcasing all of its product categories.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 26 Nov. 2025
Maps referred to it then as the Santa Clara Valley, but romantic minds of the day christened it the Valley of Heart’s Delight, after a 1927 poem by a local writer with Wordsworthian sensibilities, named Clara Louise Lawrence.
—Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for christen
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Penny the Doberman Pinscher was named Best in Show at the 2026 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on Tuesday.—
Kevin Dotson,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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Among her many awards, she was named Taiwan Poet of the Year for Annotations, her 2004 collection.—
Chen Yuhong,
The Dial,
3 Feb. 2026
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In the first few weeks of 2026, three people were shot and killed by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents, prompting nationwide outrage and calls for the agency to be defunded and for ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) to be abolished.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
2 Feb. 2026
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The body naturally makes a hormone called glucagon-like peptide-1, or GLP-1, which helps to regulate appetite and food intake.—
Shiv Sudhakar,
FOXNews.com,
2 Feb. 2026
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According to the Ukrainian military news outlet Militarnyi, the robot was a reconnaissance-strike ground unit dubbed Droid TW, built by Ukrainian defense company DevDroid.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
29 Jan. 2026
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To the north, the Miami Correctional Facility – dubbed the ‘Speedway Slammer' – is set to make room for 1,000 immigrant detainees.—
Ryan Murphy,
IndyStar,
29 Jan. 2026
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Bad Bunny also made history as the first Spanish-language artist nominated for Album, Record, and Song of the Year in the same year.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Jan. 2026
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Then last year, Post Malone got nominated, and Beyoncé won, and suddenly a separate space manifests to honor the purity of the form.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2026
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Towns are exempt from these lawsuits if at least 10% of their housing stock is designated affordable.—
Ginny Monk,
Hartford Courant,
3 Feb. 2026
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The city designated the 1920s mansion a historic cultural monument in 2024 after Monroe fans and historians urged its preservation as a cultural landmark.—
Jack Flemming,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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Tyrese Haliburton plainly labelled Pretti’s death a murder.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2026
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Once labeled, the consequences are immediate and devastating.—
Hiba Rahim,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 Feb. 2026
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The education savings account program, titled Texas Education Freedom Accounts, will give families about $10,500 to go toward their child’s private schooling or about $2,000 to go toward homeschooling.—
Jessica Ma,
Dallas Morning News,
3 Feb. 2026
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That summer, the NYAG’s general counsel finally found an objectionable line in one of Goldis’s blog posts, titled Free to Ban.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
31 Jan. 2026
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One trustee, Keys Allen, is termed out, and another spot — Alina Mullen’s — has been unoccupied for months.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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Netflix, running what might be termed Operation Reassure Wall Street, has recently made Co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters available to consumer media outlets with sizable finance and entertainment audiences.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Christen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/christen. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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