Thesaurus results for CHRISTEN

christen

verb

ˈkri-sᵊn

Definition of christen

as in to name

to give a name to christened the new baby "Ophelia"

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Recent Examples of christen There haven’t been many games in UM’s football history when one quarterback and one receiver both looked as great in tandem as Mensah and Toney just did to christen this season of highest hopes. — Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026 Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh christened Monday's gathering of the Group of 20 finance ministers in Asheville, North Carolina, by singing the gospel of growth. — Kevin Breuninger,jeff Cox, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026 The Disney Treasure was last christened in New York City nearly two years ago, in November 2024. — Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026 The barn at Heritage has been referred to as the Oyharzabal Barn, christened after the Basque family whose agricultural holdings once stretched throughout the region. — Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for christen

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Verb

Humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa, quite the mouthful and named after Hawaiʻi's official state fish, is the resort's signature seafood restaurant, and a dreamy one.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Sep. 2026
The procedure came one year after the best season of his career, when he was named an All-Star.

— Jesús Cano, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of name

Verb

Rays Hall of Famer Carl Crawford was a three-time winner of the award — formally called the Don Zimmer MVP award and presented by the Tampa Bay chapter of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

— Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026
For years, Illinois ran a tax-credit scholarship program of its own called Invest in Kids.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of call

Verb

Congress this week attempted to rush the measure, dubbed the Ratepayer Protection Act, in the waning days before November’s election, as data centers have become an increasingly contentious issue.

— Justin Papp, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
Easy to cast and machine, cheap to manufacture, the material – dubbed Pykrete – showed some promise.

— Mike McRae September 16, New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of dub

Verb

In addition to the brand’s fall/winter collection displayed on a long rail that trails the left side of the store, the New York brick-and-mortar (its first retail space, mind you) stocks select store-only exclusives, titled Atelier.

— Madeline Fass, Vogue, 14 Sep. 2026
The archive, now titled, One Terabyte of Kilobyte Age, is stewarded by Lialina and artist Dragan Espenschied.

— Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 14 Sep. 2026