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to give a name to
christened the new baby "Ophelia"
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Recent Examples of christen
Steger sought out Brother Justus’s surviving family members, receiving their blessing to christen his distillery with his name.
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Jeanette Hurt, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
And what had been a scoreless early ballgame suddenly became a 3-0 Brewers lead, with Vaughn going deep to left to christen his Brewers debut with a home run.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
A lot of graduation speakers are going to christen graduates citizens of the world.
—Caleb Harris, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The Royal House of Sweden previously announced that Princess Ines would be christened at Drottningholm Palace Chapel by Bishop Johan Dalman, and Ordinary Chaplain Michael Bjerkhagen on June 13, in a special day doubling as Carl Philip and Sofia's anniversary.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 12 June 2025
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Jeanette Hurt, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
And what had been a scoreless early ballgame suddenly became a 3-0 Brewers lead, with Vaughn going deep to left to christen his Brewers debut with a home run.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
A lot of graduation speakers are going to christen graduates citizens of the world.
—Caleb Harris, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The Royal House of Sweden previously announced that Princess Ines would be christened at Drottningholm Palace Chapel by Bishop Johan Dalman, and Ordinary Chaplain Michael Bjerkhagen on June 13, in a special day doubling as Carl Philip and Sofia's anniversary.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for christen
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As a dedicated member of the Opry, the memorial service was named Jeannie Seely's 5,389th Opry Show to celebrate her record for most performances.—
Daniela Avila,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Even his name was part of the plan: Cunha was named after Jairzinho, the attacking hurricane of Brazil’s 1970 World Cup win.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
8 Aug. 2025
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However, today most young people rarely call each other.—
Andrea Wigfield,
CNN,
14 Feb. 2023
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Congress might also call on President Biden to ban TikTok under the IEEPA.—
Emily Baker-White,
Forbes,
14 Feb. 2023
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Perkins dubbed this new gang of comedy talent the ‘Brit Art’ crew and reflected on how the pandemic stymied this kind of collaboration.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
14 Aug. 2025
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Corll tortured, raped and killed at least 28 boys and young men between the ages of 13 and 20 in a rash of crimes dubbed the Houston Mass Murders.—
Nicole Acosta,
People.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Kathleen Felix-Hager’s work on season four has been nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Costume Design in a Comedy Series for the 77th Emmy Awards.—
Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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On Monday, local time, U.S. President Trump nominated E.J. Antoni, Chief Economist of the conservative think tank Heritage Foundation, to serve as the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).—
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CNBC,
17 Aug. 2025
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The County Ambassador Program allows each of Indiana’s 92 counties to designate a student to represent the area and promote its quality of life and job opportunities to others.—
Jamie Merisotis,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Instead, veteran infielder Jon Berti was designated for assignment.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025
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The 80% of the population labeled as active was inflated by including people who engaged in a sport or activity as little as once a year.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
14 Aug. 2025
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Some people can, in fact, label the great state of Vermont correctly without a PhD, but not GPT-5.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
14 Aug. 2025
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At the same time, BFI Southbank will also mount a rep season of her work titled Laura Mulvey: Thinking Through Film.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
14 Aug. 2025
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The new album, titled The End Is Near, will arrive next year.—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
14 Aug. 2025
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The company will be holding what Castro termed all-retailer meetings on August 19 and 20 in Las Vegas of both Nissan and Infiniti dealers that will include Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. global CEO Ivan Espinosa.—
Ed Garsten,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Suarez is termed out of office at the end of the year.—
Tess Riski
August 2,
Miami Herald,
2 Aug. 2025
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“Christen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/christen. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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