Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypocorisms
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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Jennifer Lawrence revealed this week that she’s gotten stuck with at least four nicknames over the years.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Residents have long used directional descriptors and whimsical nicknames for their houses instead of addresses.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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When the time came for Alan Cumming to cease deliberations, Michael was reduced to sputtering epithets in random sequences.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
16 Jan. 2026
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Just a few days earlier in California, a house that had been decorated with lights celebrating Chanukah was riddled with bullets, with the assailant having been heard to yell anti-Jewish epithets.—
Rabbi Steve Roth,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The Hialeah Police Department did not identify the females’ first names or ages.—
Sofia Saric,
Miami Herald,
13 Jan. 2026
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Both health systems only released the first names of the parents and newborns.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
2 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Unlike traditional approaches that rely on tags, chips, or QR codes, Origify uses surface pattern recognition to create a tamper-proof digital identity based on an object’s unique physical characteristics.—
Paul Ratner,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Jan. 2026
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Collins told the students to gather a few clusters and leaves for a pre-smoke sampling but to avoid vines with pink or orange tags, as these had been treated with an experimental barrier spray.—
Nicola Twilley,
New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2026
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“Hypocorisms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypocorisms. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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