monikers

variants also monickers
plural of moniker

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of monikers The Bachelor Nation star and his wife landed on the twins' first names after testing them out with River, who didn't hesitate to make the monikers part of her everyday vocabulary even before her little sisters were born. Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026 The jokes and goofy monikers mattered. Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026 There are some monikers common to Gen Z that today's parents may consider totally new-to-them options. Anna Earl, Parents, 1 June 2026 Tucked into the Land of 10,000 Lakes, Minneapolis embraces many monikers, like Mill City and the Mini-Apple. Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 4 May 2026 Big Bear’s most famous bald eagle family is growing, and now the public has a chance to help choose the monikers for its newest members. Cierra Morgan, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026 Inside the little toy are over 5 million names on an SD card, submitted by folks around the world looking to fly their monikers to the moon. Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 13 Apr. 2026 On the one hand, Operation Epic Fury seems more abstract than other military monikers from this administration. Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 4 Mar. 2026 In the opening number of The 2026 SAG Actor Awards (formerly the Screen Actors Guild Awards), host Kristen Bell gave suggestions for stage names for Hollywood luminaries in the room, suggesting tweaks to existing stage names and new monikers for others. Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 2 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monikers
Noun
  • In a Mexican family where several women shared the same name, nicknames were inevitable.
    Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • The moon's nicknames, like April's Pink Moon, May's Flower Moon, or June's Strawberry Moon, originated from Native Americans', Colonial Americans', and other cultures' names for the moon.
    Julia Gomez, USA Today, 23 July 2026
Noun
  • Exposed information may include names, email addresses, gift card balances and the last four digits of credit or debit card numbers.
    Kimberly Tutuska, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2026
  • The documentary does not identify the women by their full names.
    ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
Noun
  • Social media has teemed with unsavory videos of Argentinean misbehavior in the stadiums, including fans hurling racial epithets at a Black American influencer and showering Egyptians with beer.
    Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 16 July 2026
  • Mendelsohn also retains Homer’s repetitious epithets for characters that some modern translations—written for the silent reader of the 21st century—have slimmed down.
    Chris Moody, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026
Noun
  • That season also marked the first of his two career scoring titles.
    Devon Henderson, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • Jason Kilar, the corporate overlord of Warners at the time, exploded the company’s goodwill with talent and agents in every corner of the business by forcing the studio’s titles to stream day and date.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 21 July 2026
Noun
  • Last year, those bases reverted to their original names, but with different namesakes who share Confederate surnames.
    Kevin Freking, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2026
  • Like most Spanish people, Yamal, who turned 19 on Monday, has two surnames — one inherited from his father, another from his mother.
    Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 14 July 2026
Noun
  • Wilson points to emerging debates around the country about mid-century modern homes — new enough in the 1970s, but now eligible for historic designations.
    Mark Dee July 24, Idaho Statesman, 24 July 2026
  • Beneficiary designations stay frozen while life moves forward.
    Anatoly Iofe, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Noun
  • Before the game of spin the bottle, Andrey and Mark had never met (both men are referred to by pseudonyms to protect their identity).
    Lesya Lapina & Sergey Hyugge, The Dial, 21 July 2026
  • Ken, Bev and Cat (all three are pseudonyms) were neighbors in the complex who all worked as filmmakers.
    Oren Peleg, HollywoodReporter, 6 June 2026

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“Monikers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monikers. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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