christened 1 of 2

past tense of christen

christened

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adjective

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of christened
Adjective
The Dolphins christened the club’s 60th season with one of the most shameful performances in franchise annals. Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025 At the time, the future Robert Ballard was expected to be christened in 2024, but Bollinger Shipyards, struggling over the past several years to absorb two new shipyards, has yet to launch the vessel. Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025 The campus was christened the Sam Duran Center after Duran retired in 2012. Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025 The shift retires a name that was christened in 1996 with the launch of the co-branded partnership between Microsoft and NBC News that carried the MSNBC name. Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2025 Easily the most expensive British automobiles of the era, the coupe and convertible models were christened Corniche in 1971 as a nod to the roads hugging the French Cote d’Azur. Robert Ross, Robb Report, 15 Aug. 2025 This rabbit was christened Moon. Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for christened
Verb
  • The team raked in nearly $250 million in sponsorship revenue in 2024, behind only the Cowboys, according to another person familiar with the matter, who asked not to be named because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
    Michael Ozanian, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Under-21s coach Barry Lewtas left after 12 years and was subsequently named head coach of England Under-16s and assistant coach for England Under-20s.
    James Pearce, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The 12 were sentenced over the last year to jail or prison in what the Michigan Attorney General's Office dubbed a large-scale criminal organization responsible for the thefts of hundreds of vehicles throughout six counties in the region and state.
    Christina Hall, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Both students were dubbed three-star recruits, and university president Kimo Ah Yun wrote in a letter to the community that they had each been named BIG EAST All-Academic Team athletes for their work as students.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • For the high-energy number, which at times resembled a block party and at other times a protest, Carpenter called on a number of drag stars.
    Mikelle Street, Them., 8 Sep. 2025
  • Turkey’s best men’s marathoner in Rio was born in Kenya — once named Mike Kipruto Kigen, and now called Kaan Kigen Ozbilen — and two of their three athletes in the women’s marathon originated from Ethiopia.
    Liam Tharme, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Per Dumas’ filing, Weatherington had been on the board for 11 years and had already termed out.
    Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The Fisher Protocol, as it was termed, makes vivid the reality that nuclear war, so often spoken of in the bloodless language of tactics and strategy, is unimaginably horrific.
    Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Other citations included containers stored as clean with food residue, large bins of dry ingredients not labeled and rust buildup on shelves of walk-in cooler.
    Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The event was labelled as one of the most credible military UFO encounters, and also became the subject of an Iranian film.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Hart worked in both television and on Broadway, with her stage credits including the revivals of The Heiress (1976) and Design for Living (1984), as well as the premiere production of Tom Stoppard's 1977 play Dirty Linen & New-Found-Land, for which she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award.
    Vandana Pawa, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • They were both nominated in the Artist of the Year category,.
    Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Christened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/christened. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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