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Recent Examples of Synonyms for patronymics
Noun
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Names can have a maximum of two first names and four surnames.—
Laura Sharman,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025 -
The trust also listed multiple women with Eastern European surnames as beneficiaries.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Jimmy Kimmel posted an infographic on Instagram containing dozens of scathing nicknames that protesters can call the president on their signs.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
18 Oct. 2025
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Her son Kovey James often goes by KJ, while her daughter Quincy already has a handful of playful nicknames, like Q, Quinn and Quince.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Use chapter titles or epithets to set up what’s coming.—
JD Barker,
Rolling Stone,
25 Sep. 2025
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Then there was the woman who was Speaker of the House and would walk around talking to herself, screaming out epithets to imaginary people.—
Larry David,
New Yorker,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Patronymics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patronymics. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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