monikers

variants also monickers
plural of moniker

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of monikers This is the Leeds full-length that sounds most like the previous one, despite the producer typically showing great range even across his individual monikers. — Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 27 Oct. 2026 Regardless of a brand’s intent, sneakerheads love to coin unofficial nicknames for sneakers and often do so with monikers derived from pop-culture. — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026 From classic names like Rebecca and Ted to modern monikers like Keeley and Trent, these baby names bring heartwarming energy. — Sarah Scott, Parents, 6 Oct. 2026 These practices have made some industries a permanent part of the country’s political fabric, and given rise to unflattering monikers like Big Oil or Big Pharma or Big Food. — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026 But with more than 1,800 suggestions from people around the country, they're set to get their monikers by early next month. — Finch Walker, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2026 That’s partially because many plant species, among the 3,500 that grow in Illinois alone, have been given various monikers. — Sheryl Devore, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026 Though rumors suggested the device might be the iPhone Ultra, Apple likely opted for the Duo name to keep it short and snappy, aligning it with its other monikers, such as Air, Neo, and Pro. — James Peckham, PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2026 If the two Death Valleys required decades of heat, winning, noise, folklore and linguistic drift to establish their names, another of college football’s most enduring monikers arrived with far less mystery. — Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monikers
Noun
  • His nicknames usually reflect his role as a catalyst—The Initiator, The Originator, The Godfather—yet less so his ingenuity and down-home dedication.
    — Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Regardless of a brand’s intent, sneakerheads love to coin unofficial nicknames for sneakers and often do so with monikers derived from pop-culture.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • That kind of multiple demands absolute perfection, and recent weeks have shown exactly what happens to heavily weighted tech names that fail to deliver a flawless quarter, Alphabet and Amazon among them.
    — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Companies with nearly identical names were later incorporated in Slovakia, where business records list Dorofeyeva as the sole or co-owner.
    — Megan Molteni, STAT, 2 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • The American Civil Liberties Union sued in February, alleging officers hurled racial epithets, acted violently, and largely withheld food, water, bathrooms and medical care.
    — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Hochman detailed a number of prosecutions, including the sentence of one man to a life sentence plus seven years with the possibility of parole for a March 23 attack, during which racial epithets were uttered.
    — City News Service, Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The slim chances of Missouri going on a run towards either of those titles is all but lost after Saturday’s loss.
    — PJ Green November 8, Kansas City Star, 8 Nov. 2026
  • McIlroy is looking to join Colin Montgomerie on a record eight Race to Dubai titles.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • There are Pruitts, as well as Crocketts and Parks (two other prevalent Tangier surnames), all over the region, especially in and around Onancock, Virginia and Crisfield, Maryland, both sites of ferry departures to Tangier.
    — John Anglim, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2026
  • His teammates have their surnames on their warmup shirts, but Yimga-Moukouri’s bears his initials, which phonetically replicate the American pronoun, as if to say HYM is Him.
    — Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Trump himself has reversed national monument designations made by his predecessors.
    — Collin Binkley, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The tax consequences depend on the policy's value, ownership and beneficiary designations.
    — Dan Avery, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Many of the women used pseudonyms to deliver their testimony in court and for identification in court documents.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The use of pseudonyms by female writers born in the nineteenth century is typically understood as a feminist loophole around the patriarchal suppression of women’s writing.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026

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“Monikers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monikers. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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