surnamed

past tense of surname

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for surnamed
Verb
  • Amy Epkey State of Michigan Hertel, whose last day will be on June 30, was named MDHHS director in 2021.
    DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 23 June 2026
  • He was named one of the NBA's top 75 players ever and is a two time MVP and was MVP of the Finals.
    Alejandro Avila, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • The latter are often associated with what might be termed the silovaya ideologiya—a security-state ideology that emphasises a strong state, the primacy of state interests over private interests, great-power status, and strict domestic order.
    Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 18 June 2026
  • Carollo was termed out of office at the end of last year.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 9 June 2026
Verb
  • The app will include coding, chat, and a new agentic workflow capability dubbed Autopilot, Fortune reported in May.
    Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 27 June 2026
  • The 988 hotline, which has been dubbed the 911 for mental health emergencies, is credited with reducing teen and young adult suicide deaths.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 June 2026
Verb
  • Prior to departing from Bergen in early June, the AUV was formally christened in accordance with maritime tradition.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 22 June 2026
  • Appearing out of nowhere, with the kind of wide eyes that could suggest innocence or psychopathy, Dale’s shadow (eventually christened Dilly Dally and played by Natasha Roland) knows nothing and opens the door to everything.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 June 2026
Verb
  • Was the obligation denominated in bitcoin?
    Susie Violet Ward, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • United have used their RCF — which is denominated in sterling, not dollars — more frequently over the past few seasons since burning through cash reserves during the Covid-19 pandemic.
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 13 June 2026
Verb
  • City Manager Savita Chaudhary says the ballot initiative, titled Measure V, would bring the city an additional yearly revenue of $28 million.
    Steve Large, CBS News, 26 June 2026
  • In fact, her self-titled, star-making project has stood out as her longest-running win on the Official Albums chart for quite some time.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • That they are entitled to not wear the uniforms, that they’re entitled to express their religious beliefs.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 24 June 2026
  • But the Commonwealth Court ruled that Hailer was entitled to pay the fees and receive Pastorek’s autopsy report, regardless of her identity.
    Jonah Walters, The Conversation, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • At Alderson, over 60 women were baptized as part of a larger Christian religious service.
    Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • Evan Bland said his wife insisted that everyone in the home needed to be baptized in the bathtub.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 24 June 2026
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“Surnamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surnamed. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.

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