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Recent Examples of pen name
Darian, who uses a pen name for her writing, tells Glamour via Zoom.
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Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 21 Apr. 2025
The Hollywood Reporter can exclusively present the first trailer for the film about two sisters with a strong bond that is inspired by the novel of the same name by Janusz Korczak, also known under his pen name Henryk Goldszmit.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 1 Apr. 2025
Raised in Villa Park, Calif., Smith chose to model her pen name after her two favorite fantasy writers, Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien and The Chronicles of Narnia author C.S. Lewis.
—Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Ludwig, which premieres on BritBox March 20, seeks to correct this, casting Mitchell as John Taylor, a reclusive puzzle-maker who lifts his pen name from a vinyl cover of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9.
—Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2025
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Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 21 Apr. 2025
The Hollywood Reporter can exclusively present the first trailer for the film about two sisters with a strong bond that is inspired by the novel of the same name by Janusz Korczak, also known under his pen name Henryk Goldszmit.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 1 Apr. 2025
Raised in Villa Park, Calif., Smith chose to model her pen name after her two favorite fantasy writers, Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien and The Chronicles of Narnia author C.S. Lewis.
—Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Ludwig, which premieres on BritBox March 20, seeks to correct this, casting Mitchell as John Taylor, a reclusive puzzle-maker who lifts his pen name from a vinyl cover of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9.
—Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pen name
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Eduard Limonov then—an appropriate nom de plume for a dissident poet arriving in 1974 New York, a metropolis of graffiti and project fires, of blackouts and serial killers.—
Ed Simon
June 23,
Literary Hub,
23 June 2025
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Dickens had taken a nom de plume in the tradition of journalists and periodical writers, but there was no need to conceal his identity.—
Kirsty McHugh,
Literary Hub,
20 June 2025
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The Times received immediate backlash for agreeing to credit Lasker only by his pseudonym, and for not making clear the full nature of his work.—
Ali Breland,
The Atlantic,
9 July 2025
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The invitations were so scarce that at least one Tesla influencer, a person named Omar who goes by the pseudonym Whole Mars Catalog, offered to share rides for $10.—
David Ingram,
NBC news,
5 July 2025
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“Pen name.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pen%20name. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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