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Her father, Jonathan Fast—an author in his own right—is the son of Spartacus writer Howard Fast (often known by his pen name, E. V. Cunningham), who inspired the 1960 eponymous film, starring Kirk Douglas.—
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Published under his pen name Richard Bachman, The Long Walk is described as a dystopian thriller centering on the contestants of a grueling and vicious annual walking contest that requires 100 boys to keep a certain pace without stopping.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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One such special pattern can be found in the cabochons cut from Marston Marble, a trade name for a limestone filled with tiny tea- and cream-color ammonites that is found in what is now the English county of Somerset.—
Chantel Tattoli,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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The company includes Florida Blue, trade name of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, and now serves over 38 million people across 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands with more than 18,000 employees.—
Bruce Japsen,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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An immunization nurse holds a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine (brand name: Comirnaty) at Borinquen Health Care Center on May 29, 2025, in Miami, Fla.—
Tim Ryan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 July 2025
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These institutions offer world-class research, respected brand names, and — crucially — more seats.—
Gerald Bradshaw,
Chicago Tribune,
3 July 2025
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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 verdict was a repudiation of the law’s distance from the vernacular of life and real language, of the proceduralism of the legal system.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
3 July 2025
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And Democrats’ use of four-letter vernacular says a lot about the party.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
28 Apr. 2025
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There was no third option in this binomial exercise.—
Chantel Jennings,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
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She is credited with naming and cataloging hundreds of native plants in the Hudson River Valley using Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus’ then-new binomial system of botanical nomenclature.—
Jessica Damiano,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Mar. 2024
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The suite's regal name is a bit of a misnomer, as it's not technically reserved for royalty.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
9 July 2025
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The show was viewed not just by the 42,000 in attendance at Villa Park in Birmingham in central England, but more than 3 million more who paid for a livestream — which was a bit of a misnomer, since the stream ran about two hours behind the live festivities.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
5 July 2025
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Home fragrance company Outdoor Fellow, which makes about 30% of its sales through Amazon’s marketplace, gets most of its candle lids, labels, jars, reed diffusers and other items from China, founder Patrick Jones said.—
Anne D'Innocenzio,
Chicago Tribune,
8 July 2025
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The cellar stocks around 120-some labels, with wines sourced from 16 different countries, including India, Thailand and China.—
Jeanine Barone,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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“Trivial name.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trivial%20name. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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