as in naming
to give a name to
christened the new baby "Ophelia"
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Recent Examples of christening
Ice Cream and Reebok have had an on-and-off-again relationship since christening it with the Flavour sneaker in 2004.
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Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 15 Apr. 2026
Also christening the new space will be the sale of the Evan Lobel Collection, featuring more than 200 objects of 20th-century design and works by Andy Warhol, as well as an exhibition of modern Cuban painters including Wifredo Lam and Mario Carreño.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026
Mahomes was made mortal, throwing just one touchdown to three interceptions in that span, which has led oddsmakers to tank his odds to +2500, christening the MVP chase as a two-man race.
—Trevor Squire, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
The beverage giant spun off the restaurants in 1997, christening the new company Tricon Global, later renamed to Yum.
—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
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Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 15 Apr. 2026
Also christening the new space will be the sale of the Evan Lobel Collection, featuring more than 200 objects of 20th-century design and works by Andy Warhol, as well as an exhibition of modern Cuban painters including Wifredo Lam and Mario Carreño.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026
Mahomes was made mortal, throwing just one touchdown to three interceptions in that span, which has led oddsmakers to tank his odds to +2500, christening the MVP chase as a two-man race.
—Trevor Squire, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
The beverage giant spun off the restaurants in 1997, christening the new company Tricon Global, later renamed to Yum.
—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for christening
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North Texas has a new burger restaurant with a naming history and owner that sound a lot like two other local burger joints — but the new Wayback Burgers in Hickory Creek isn’t affiliated with Jake’s Burgers or Kincaid’s.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 May 2026
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Other pharmaceutical manufacturers also have been defrauded in this rebate scheme, Lilly said, without naming them.—
Scott Zamost,Paige Tortorelli,
CNBC,
20 May 2026
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The place is a sound-effects recording studio, with three sound designers creating and dubbing aural effects — footsteps on a sandy beach, flapping bird wings — onto pieces of film footage.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
14 May 2026
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On the international front, Buen Camino was sold to Netflix which released it on April 29 in 226 countries, dubbing it into more than 14 languages.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
12 May 2026
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The Packers won their fourth Super Bowl, and Rodgers earned two of his four MVPs with McCarthy calling the plays.—
Will Graves,
Chicago Tribune,
17 May 2026
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Cassidy, a medical doctor, has broken with the HHS secretary on multiple occasions, including slamming a change to the hepatitis B vaccine schedule for infants and calling for the postponement of key vaccine advisory panel meetings.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
16 May 2026
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His nanny was his fierce protector and insulated him from the depredations of Nazis and their enablers, baptizing him and teaching him to handily hurl anti-Jewish epithets to fit in.—
Ron Kampeas,
Sun Sentinel,
11 May 2026
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Maddock said Kozak had particularly loved presiding over Holy Saturday evening Mass, which is typically a time for baptizing people into the Catholic church.—
Evy Lewis,
Chicago Tribune,
2 May 2026
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Merely by labelling the item as AI, a booming amount of vitriol was released.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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While other operators submitted detailed incident summaries to the US regulator, Tesla blacked out every narrative entirely, labeling them as confidential business information.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
16 May 2026
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Democrats, too, have emphasized concerns that nominating the wrong candidate could tank an otherwise winnable race, with particular focus on Bottoms' rocky tenure as governor, decision not to run for reelection and subsequent role with the unpopular Biden administration.—
Stephen Fowler,
NPR,
18 May 2026
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Stewart’s future is timely because Connecticut Republicans will be nominating a candidate for governor at the state party’s convention at the Mohegan Sun casino on Saturday.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
14 May 2026
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“Christening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/christening. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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