as in name
a word or combination of words by which a person or thing is regularly known
apparently no one dares to enter the world of professional wrestling without a catchy compellation
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His name will be released by the Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office after his family has been notified.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 June 2025 -
Authorities have not yet released the gunman’s name or provided a motive for the attack.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
22 June 2025
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The latter moniker was lifted from a Catholic high school that had been a local basketball powerhouse.—
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
21 June 2025
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True to his moniker, the singer and harmonica player, who performs at noon on June 15, serves up a potent mix of traditional blues and Bollywood music.—
Randy McMullen,
Mercury News,
12 June 2025
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McCormack, one of the heroes of KU’s NCAA title game victory over North Carolina in 2022, averaged 10.5 points and 5.6 rebounds per game while playing for Alba Berlin (Germany) in the Euroleague this past season.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
26 June 2025
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Those collections have become the focus for millions of listeners, especially on streaming platforms, which largely keep those titles alive.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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The research nomenclature for AI hallucinations refers to the out-of-thin-air types as HK-, while the misses-the-boat are known as HK+.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
3 Dec. 2024
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The Model 2 – nomenclature used by analysts to designate a low-cost Tesla – was supposed to be a revolutionary low-cost vehicle that used Tesla’s latest and greatest manufacturing technology to reduce production costs.—
Brooke Crothers,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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But Bailey has had the designation of being the best man for a half-dozen weddings.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
18 June 2025
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The City Council’s Zoning Committee unanimously approved a plan to give the shuttered church a landmark designation, teeing up a final vote Wednesday.—
Jake Sheridan,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2025
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The racist epithets — including a swastika and N***** spray-painted onto the concrete walls surrounding the park — were reported to the Miami Police on Monday afternoon in what the community and police are calling a hate crime.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
3 June 2025
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Barnyard epithets did not pepper the prepared speeches of most of Hegseth's predecessors.—
Tom Vanden Brook,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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One person helped by the nonprofit is Doña Chela, an undocumented 66-year-old woman who asked to be identified by her nickname.—
Andrea Castillo,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2025
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Now, being age 34 means that Dame Time, the nickname for Lillard, has already spent quite a lot of time on the basketball court.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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The Sullivan Estate vineyard is on the valley floor at the northern edge of the Rutherford appellation, where predominantly gravel, sand, and loam soils provide excellent natural drainage and result in reduced vigor and low yields in a good year; 2021’s was reduced by 30 percent.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
15 June 2025
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Paris favors the kinder appellation: The Holy Trinity.—
Jeff Weiss,
HollywoodReporter,
12 June 2025
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“Compellation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compellation. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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