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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surnamed
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Style, who was also named to the Star-Telegram All-Area First Team, holds offers from Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Arkansas, Houston, UNT, Oklahoma State and more.—
Charles Baggarly
April 7,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
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Though Eli Frankel reports in his book that a mutual acquaintance of Leila Welsh and Elizabeth Short named Carl Balsiger as their murderer, no further evidence points to him, and the decades’ old case is considered cold.—
Patrick Salland,
Kansas City Star,
7 Apr. 2026
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On Wednesday, Politico reported there was a shakeup in the Mahan campaign due to what were termed differences over strategy.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
8 Apr. 2026
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The capsule is relying on the gravity of Earth and the moon — termed a free-return lunar trajectory — to complete the round-trip figure-eight loop.—
Marcia Dunn,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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The blaze, dubbed the Crown fire, broke out northwest of there in hilly terrain.—
Nathaniel Percy,
Daily News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Tesla's self-driving technology and the development of a humanoid robot, dubbed Optimus, are expected to further turbocharge growth, according to Ives.—
Mary Cunningham,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2026
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The zoo christened the beasts Gaston and Kathrin in the Glocks’ honor.—
Simon Akam,
Vanity Fair,
2 Apr. 2026
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The ship began construction in December 2020 at the NNS shipyard in Virginia and was christened — with the traditional champagne bottle smash — there on May 6, 2023.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
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This distinction matters for anyone holding assets denominated in either system.—
Dave Birnbaum,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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When the dollar weakens and other currencies strengthen, investments denominated in those currencies become more valuable when converted back into dollars.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
4 Jan. 2026
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In 1912, Georges Braque (1882–1963) had glued strips of fake-wood wallpaper onto a pencil-and-gouache still life titled Fruit Dish and Glass, done in the Analytic Cubist style he’d developed with his colleague/competitor/collaborator Pablo Picasso (1881–1973).—
Howard Halle,
ARTnews.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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Elsewhere in the lineup, the buzzy American filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun returns with a new feature titled Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
9 Apr. 2026
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And many could lose access to benefits they're legally entitled to, said consumer advocates and health policy researchers, some of them with direct experience working at state agencies.—
Sam Whitehead,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Have viewers themselves developed a more expansive understanding of who is entitled to be hurt, and can the network resist the impulse to edit around this friction?—
Shamira Ibrahim,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Apr. 2026
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This weekend, Father Matijevic said 18 people were baptized at holy name, and another 23 were confirmed.—
Marissa Sulek,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026
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Fergie, however, has only been seen in public once since she and Andrew were evicted from Roya Lodge, and that was in December, when her granddaughter was baptized.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Surnamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surnamed. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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