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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surnamed
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The Republican two-term president tapped Attorney General Pam Bondi to take temporary command of DC's police department and named Terry Cole, administrator of the Drug Enforcement Agency, the interim federal commissioner of the police department.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025 -
Now that she’s named her successor as Vogue’s top editor, Anna Wintour seems a bit more relaxed.—
Lisa Respers France,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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However, instead of dedicated keys, leaping is merely a part of THE's internal command line, termed the Humane Quasimode, where other commands can be sent.—
Cameron Kaiser,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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Environmental scientists have already termed this project a ‘vanity height’ construction – building far beyond practicality merely for record-breaking purposes.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
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Cal Fire’s newest proposal for Jackson, dubbed AMEX, targets nearly 500 acres with a patchwork of small clearcuts and is silent on tree sizes to be felled.—
John P. O’Brien,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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The 20-to-30 degrees of galactic latitude, both north and south of the galactic plane, were dubbed the Zone of Avoidance in the late 19th century, because while there were huge numbers of spiral nebulae elsewhere, all across the sky, there were none found in or near the plane of the Milky Way.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
12 Sep. 2025
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Since the state issues debt denominated in dollars, the national debt is not the same as household debt.—
Vipin Bharathan,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Since gold is denominated in dollars, a depreciating currency inversely supports higher gold prices, enabling international buyers to acquire more of the metal.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
11 Sep. 2025
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The Dolphins christened the club’s 60th season with one of the most shameful performances in franchise annals.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
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At the time, the future Robert Ballard was expected to be christened in 2024, but Bollinger Shipyards, struggling over the past several years to absorb two new shipyards, has yet to launch the vessel.—
Craig Hooper,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The Comeback follows Kudrow, now 62, as a sitcom star whose fame has faded away and attempts to document her return to entertainment and acting in a new sitcom titled Room and Bored on a reality television series called The Comeback.—
Tommy McArdle,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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Her debut poetry collection titled Someone Else’s Hunger will be published by Four Way Books on September 15, 2025.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
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Laura Lee Yourex, 62, of Costa Mesa, was charged with five felonies, including perjury, procuring or offering a false or forged document to be filed, casting a ballot when not entitled to vote and registering a non-existent person to vote.—
Riley Hoffman,
ABC News,
10 Sep. 2025
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Filming on the series, entitled Alice, will continue through December across France, Belgium, and Canada.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Sep. 2025
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That is what remains of the church in which Marlowe was baptized, on February 26, 1564—two months to the day before Shakespeare was baptized, in Stratford-Upon-Avon.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Generations of alumni and parishioners are now struggling to comprehend how the church that baptized them, married them and educated their children became the site of such devastation.—
Dalia Faheid,
CNN Money,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Surnamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surnamed. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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