Thesaurus results for CHRISTENS

christens

verb

present tense third-person singular of christen

as in names

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

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Recent Examples of christens Friday also christens the second-year campaign for Storm sensation Dominique Malonga, who turned the Unrivaled season into her personal dunk reel. — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 8 May 2026 Dustin even re-christens the group the Hawkins Investigators Club, a particularly groanworthy development since there’s already a fictional member’s group that unites the ragtag gang. — Alison Herman, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for christens

Verb

This metadata names the component and assigns it a generation number that is incremented each time a new security fix ships.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 14 July 2026
The suit names OpenAI; OpenAI’s Chang Liu, a former Apple engineer, and OpenAI hardware chief Tang Tan, who previously led iPhone and Apple Watch product design.

— Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 10 July 2026

Definition of names

Verb

That is, unless you’re motivated to pay individual device prices for a business-specific model (which Microsoft dubs Surface Laptop or Pro for Business).

— Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 9 July 2026
The stockpiles in Cushing, Oklahoma – which dubs itself the pipeline crossroads of America – fell below 20 million barrels and remained below that critical threshold last week.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 7 July 2026

Definition of dubs

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Even though the president nominates agency leaders, those commissioners are confirmed by the Senate and must not be unfairly punished for exercising independent judgment, Potter said.

— Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 29 June 2026
Trump nominates Cameron Hamilton to lead FEMA, a surprising comeback after the former Navy SEAL was fired last May for defending the agency’s existence amid calls to dismantle it.

— Gabriela Aoun Angueira, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026

Definition of nominates

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Cristobal calls change ‘a positive step’ This new process would have benefited Miami greatly last year when determining who would make the conference championship.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
These 126 spacecraft will be part of a larger LEO network that the SDA calls the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 16 July 2026

Definition of calls

Verb

The ceasefire framework explicitly designates Iran and Oman to negotiate the strategic waterway’s future management, giving Araghchi’s visit to Muscat particular significance.

— Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 11 July 2026
The bill designates firing squads as the primary method of execution.

— Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 1 July 2026

Definition of designates

Verb

Ferrari is wary of a culture that diagnoses and labels nearly everything, and equally wary of the backlash that waves off deeper work as just talking.

— Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 15 July 2026
Also highlighted this year as finalists are fellow couture designer Julie de Libran as well as menswear labels EgonLab and Kartik Research.

— Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 28 June 2026