trivial name

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Noun
  • The artists tend to be reluctant influencers; many use pen names, and almost all prefer to use illustrations to depict themselves publicly.
    Matt Alt, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
  • His third and current pen name is evidence of him fulfilling that debt to himself.
    Elise Brisco, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The disclosure would need to include the developer’s name, the system’s trade name, and contact information for the employer.
    Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • By extending Lugo’s contract, Kansas City has doubled down on the future and taken one of the biggest trade names off the board just days ahead of this year’s deadline.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2025
Noun
  • Tylenol, which is the brand name of the generic pain reliever acetaminophen, is widely used in the US, including during pregnancy.
    Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Lecanemab, sold under the brand name Leqembi—which the FDA approved in 2023 as the first medication to treat the memory disorder—is now available in a self-injecting pen, Leqembi Iqlik.
    Alice Park, Time, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Ludwig is the nom de plume of John Taylor, played by David Mitchell.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Earlier still, prior to Israel’s founding and to the time that partition became the vernacular of the day, some Arabs and Jews thought of a single, binational state with equal rights for all, irrespective of religion or ethnicity.
    Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Psychologists, psychiatrists, and mental health professionals might find this vernacular a bit of a distortion or twist from scientific definitions.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • There was no third option in this binomial exercise.
    Chantel Jennings, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • The name is a bit of a misnomer, though—the dinner-only restaurant serves Italian fare and local seafood, not high tea service.
    Julie Tremaine, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • However, calling Americana a bomb is a misnomer in indie film economic terms, for at the end of the day, the movie is expected to be profitable for Lionsgate on a small level under their Lionsgate Premiere Releasing label.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Dano, who plays the main protagonist Baranov, said the project avoided simple moral labels.
    Crispian Balmer, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The holiday weekend’s slate of steals includes fall essentials like trendy jackets, autumnal dresses, slouchy jeans, and designer bags from some of our favorite labels.
    Kelsey Stewart, Glamour, 1 Sep. 2025
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“Trivial name.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trivial%20name. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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