Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cryptonyms
Noun
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Sure, a few characters have the same first names, but keeping track of the various Earnshaws and Lintons is a walk in the park compared to the Russian canon.—
Meg Walters,
Glamour,
3 Feb. 2026 -
Ken and Lisa, who also wanted to be identified only by their first names, were hoping to buy their dream home in a low-fire-risk area but couldn't get insurance.—
Julie Watts,
CBS News,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Everyone on both sides of my family has always used family names, which has been really important to me to continue only using family names with my children.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Unlike the neo-Leninist underground, moreover, dissidents had no desire to revive Bolshevik revolutionary traditions, with their ideological discipline, armed conspiracy, and noms de guerre.—
Benjamin Nathans
September 24,
Literary Hub,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Why add a surname or include a father’s fathers’ given names given to me at birth to identify me?—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
6 Jan. 2026
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The Woodward Center named the mama dog Noel, and her puppies were given names based on the Twelve Days of Christmas – Drummer, Piper, Lord, Lady, Maid, Swan, Goose, Ring, Calling Bird, French Hen, Turtle Dove and Partridge.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Commemorations are mostly kept by the Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian and Anglican denominations, and also by Roman Catholics.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
2 Feb. 2026
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Other denominations have faced similar struggles.—
Hillary Rodham Clinton,
The Atlantic,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The plaintiffs, who used pseudonyms, asked the court for permission to file on behalf of all children who had lost gender-affirming care at the hospital’s TRUE Center for Gender Diversity, known as a class action.—
Meg Wingerter,
Denver Post,
21 Jan. 2026
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The women are going by the pseudonyms Rebecca and Laura.—
Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Cryptonyms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cryptonyms. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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