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Despite the nearly identical nature of her pen name and the name of the conversion therapist, the author said similarities between the two were purely coincidental.—
Quispe López,
Them.,
30 Oct. 2025 -
An original manuscript and cover sketch by Theodor Geisel, better known by his pen name Dr. Seuss, will be published by Random House Children’s Books next year.—
Christian Orozco,
NBC news,
29 Oct. 2025
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This comes after Wednesday's furious rally in the AI trade names.—
Natasha Abellard,
CNBC,
9 Oct. 2025
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Police say that Caron searched for Narcan, which is a trade name for the overdose reversal drug naloxone, a little before midnight.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
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The brand name, Makette, a play on the French term for architectural prototype, signals the iterative approach.—
Ritu Upadhyay,
Footwear News,
3 Nov. 2025
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Biologics have a special pathway to FDA approval, and biosimilars — alternatives to the brand name products — have long been treated differently than other generic drugs.—
Deidre McPhillips,
CNN Money,
29 Oct. 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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This is an innocent guy who’s getting completely screwed, to use some legal vernacular, in terms of his career.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
29 Oct. 2025
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His own work seethed with the gritty vernacular of the street, evoking the Sturm und Drang of the Midwestern metropolis.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
23 Oct. 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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Bo Nix looked better than Dak Prescott, and the Daniel Jones-Jonathan Taylor Colts are 7-1 after an easy win over the Titans (what a misnomer).—
Brandon Funston,
New York Times,
28 Oct. 2025
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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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Certain estrogen-only therapies will still carry labels that share the risk of endometrial or uterine cancer—an important risk that has previously gotten less attention, says gynecologic oncologist Kemi Doll of the University of Washington.—
Tanya Lewis,
Scientific American,
10 Nov. 2025
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Most bulbs should be planted pointy side up because the stem and leaves emerge from this end, but check the label for specific instructions.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Trivial name.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trivial%20name. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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