surnamed

past tense of surname

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for surnamed
Verb
  • Continue down the road toward Valldemossa, stopping in the town for a late-afternoon treat named coca de patata, a soft bun made with potato flour, from Ca’n Molinas.
    Emilio Parra Doiztua, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • For older children, Aaron continues his adventures with the other Questioneers in a chapter book series, including Aaron Slater and the Sneaky Snake, in which his art saves a snake named Vern from a disgruntled city council.
    Sara Rowe Mount, Parents, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Third-party nationals, as non-EU citizens are termed, are only allowed to spend 90 out of every 180 days in the bloc.
    Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Both projects were organized to determine if the 68 percent of all mass and energy, collectively termed dark matter, originates from a pure cosmological constant.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This is the uniform in which DesRochers greets me at the nucleus of her sprawling entrepreneurial pursuits that are dubbed The Gratitude Collective, her brick home sitting high atop a hill in Avondale.
    Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Researchers from Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s Tsung-Dao Lee Institute conducted the sea trial of a device dubbed the Subsea Precision Instrument Deployer with Elastic Releasing (Spider).
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Now, the first category is anything denominated in a currency.
    Alex Crippen, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Like LemFi, Kredete is rolling out user bank accounts denominated in euros and dollars.
    Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Los Angeles Clippers christened Frontwave Arena a year ago, playing the first-ever basketball game in Oceanside’s sparkling new venue.
    Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The beauty giant recently christened four stores on Prince Street in Manhattan for respective brands — Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, Tom Ford Beauty, Jo Malone London and Kilian Paris — with a celebratory dinner taking place on the street, which saw a bevy of company executives turn out.
    James Manso, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The streamer has greenlit a series, titled Kennedy, that will star Michael Fassbender as patriarch Joseph Kennedy Sr.
    Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
  • And no — because strictly speaking there is no Electric Nebraska per se, notwithstanding Springsteen’s equivocations on the point (as reported in this magazine) and the fact that one disc in this five-disc set is titled Electric Nebraska.
    Will Hermes, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Because of that action, the landowers are entitled up to $10,000 of compensation.
    Keely Doll, Louisville Courier Journal, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Officially entitled Bachelor Mansion Takeover, Jesse Palmer returns to host the show that will enlist the former Bachelorette star and contestant to judge makeovers conducted by none other than fellow franchise alumni.
    McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Jacksonville Jaguars two-way star Travis Hunter was baptized just hours before his game against the Seattle Seahawks.
    Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • My dad was raised Methodist and comes from a very devout Methodist family — I was baptized twice because both of them thought the other thing was heathen.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Surnamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surnamed. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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