cryptonym

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Recent Examples of cryptonym The Stellarwind cryptonym replaced it soon afterward. Barton Gellman, Wired, 24 May 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cryptonym
Noun
  • Rooms were allegedly booked under assistants' names or Diddy's pseudonym, Frank Black, and Paul would bring in lights, baby oil, Astroglide, alcohol and small toiletries.
    Tracy Wright , Maria Paronich, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2025
  • One of the mogul’s recent ex-girlfriends, a woman who testified under the pseudonym Jane, also mentioned Paul in her testimony.
    Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • If writing under a pen name is a form of deception, or akin to leading a double life, Cornwell was more suited to it than most writers.
    Kirsty McHugh, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
  • During his downtime, Radcliffe works with the Trevor Project (among other charities); writes poetry (under a pen name); and unwinds by playing fantasy football and learning complex rap lyrics.
    Julia Emmanuele, EW.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Using email aliases will substantially reduce the threat footprint, because the hackers don’t know that’s not your genuine, everyday email address.
    Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
  • Authorities say that Cherkasov, who spent nearly a decade building a fake identity as his alias Ferreira, is a spy for the Russian military intelligence agency, GRU.
    Isabel van Brugen, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Dickens had taken a nom de plume in the tradition of journalists and periodical writers, but there was no need to conceal his identity.
    Kirsty McHugh, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
  • Ludwig is the nom de plume of John Taylor, played by David Mitchell.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Paris favors the kinder appellation: The Holy Trinity.
    Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2025
Noun
  • But Bailey has had the designation of being the best man for a half-dozen weddings.
    Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2025
  • 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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“Cryptonym.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cryptonym. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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