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Writers who used to hide their masculinist impulses behind a pen name now write and say outrageous things under their real name.
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Concerned about the influx of solar and wind farms being built in Sardinia by outsiders, Roberto Pusceddu, under his pen name Erre Push, published a graphic novel that aimed to inspire young people to resist such impositions.
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These are available at garden centers under a range of trade names.
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The indictment states that Chan received a license in 2014 for a business that was using the trade name Devastating Pyro Displays.
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Tencent also develops its own family of models under the brand name Hunyuan.
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When choosing products for sensitive skin, the ingredients matter more than the brand name or price tag.
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San Diegans are very familiar with Dr. Seuss, the nom de plume of author Theodor Geisel, who made La Jolla his home from 1948 until his death in 1991.
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There was the use of nom de plume when a reporter was concerned about retribution for news content, but many reports identified sources for information so that readers at least understood whether to believe the story.
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At the height of Messi’s era-defining rivalry with Cristiano Ronaldo, as the great Barcelona team of Pep Guardiola clashed with Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid, Spanish football was a global spectacle that helped to add new vocabulary, and more of a hispanic flavour, to the football vernacular.
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Paramount’s core belief is that brand extensions — including, in the current vernacular, immersive experiences such as restaurants — can’t be exploitative.
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Whatever its origin story, it might be argued that as the shortest binomial composed entirely of vowels, Ia io gives scientists reason enough to shout hurrah.
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There was no third option in this binomial exercise.
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The name was a misnomer, as the species, known scientifically as Rubus armeniacus, is actually native to Armenia and northern Iran.
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Polycystic ovary syndrome was always a misnomer.
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Turns out, a kid brought in with gunshot wounds died in that room the same night, and a final look at the security footage shows a mysterious third man — clearly hiding his face from all cameras under a label-less baseball cap — entering the same room around the same time as Ji.
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Turns out, the album pages are actually from Aaron Lewis' upcoming Give Me Back My Country, set for release on July 17 by Big Machine Label Group, Swift's former label.
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“Trivial name.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trivial%20name. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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