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Written and illustrated by Koyoharu Gotouge (a pen name for the anonymous author), Demon Slayer debuted in 2016 in the pages of Weekly Shonen Jump, a manga magazine.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Sep. 2025 -
The Long Walk, even by Stephen King standards, is quite old, written in 1979 under King’s pen name at the time, Richard Bachman.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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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
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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
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Naloxone, also known by the brand name Narcan, is intended to save people experiencing drug overdose.—
Mitchell Willetts,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Sep. 2025
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Acetaminophen, often sold under the brand name Tylenol, had long been considered the safest option for managing headaches, fever and other pain during pregnancy.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
28 Sep. 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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Ludwig is the nom de plume of John Taylor, played by David Mitchell.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In academic vernacular, this refers to the gap between stated and revealed preferences.—
Diana Spehar,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Mays brought the quality of Elegba’s duality to life with impeccable, almost intuitive range, dancing from whimsical embodiment to archival vernacular to colloquial ease with incredible intention and timing.—
Essence,
Essence,
17 Sep. 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
Noun
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The surreal part of the show’s title is a bit of a misnomer.—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
19 Sep. 2025
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The term has always been a bit of a misnomer, however.—
Adam Summers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Sep. 2025
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Then came my chapter at Motown, where the label’s iconic history and its future converged under my leadership as Chairwoman and CEO.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
22 Sep. 2025
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That doesn’t mean retailers are ready to go all-in on newer tech like electronic shelf labels, which many have been slow to adopt because they can get damaged or stop working fairly easily.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Trivial name.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trivial%20name. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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