variants
also cleped
or ycleped
as in named
to give a name to
the brewpub, yclept Ye Olde Taverne, has been decorated in Merrie Olde England to within an inch of its life
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An agriculture teacher at Harmony Middle School in Osceola County was named one of five finalists for Florida’s Teacher of the Year award, the Florida Department of Education announced Monday.—
Steven Walker,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 May 2026 -
After going 12-2 during the season, and getting wins in the playoffs over the Pittsburgh Steelers and then-Oakland Raiders, Morton was named the AFC Offensive Player of the Year.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
12 May 2026
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The bank made the loan to two people and is entitled to look to both of them for payment until the loan is paid in full, regardless of what your divorce paperwork may say.—
Gary Singer,
Sun Sentinel,
14 May 2026
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She is also entitled to attorneys’ fees and costs.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
13 May 2026
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Like much of Cadet’s work, the installation, titled Altar #2, hovers between reality and fantasy.—
Elly Fishman,
Vogue,
8 May 2026
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In the photo, shared by TMZ, Reynolds offered a soft smile while leaning toward a makeup-free Lively, who titled her head toward her husband.—
Allison DeGrushe,
StyleCaster,
8 May 2026
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The National Coalition for Child Protection Reform has called it discriminatory and counterproductive.—
James R Mason,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
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His post caught the attention of a producer working for a podcast called The Last Invention, which was documenting debates about artificial general intelligence (AGI), a hypothetical form of AI that could surpass human intelligence.—
Lorena O’Neil,
Rolling Stone,
11 May 2026
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Doug Chaffee, who has represented the North Orange County district since 2018, is termed out and unable to run for reelection.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
8 May 2026
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Plans by Lennar are to build the subdivision into what Kleven termed three products, including homes on the east side of Delaware, to be called Horizon, which would be priced in the $420,000 average range.—
Deborah Laverty,
Chicago Tribune,
2 May 2026
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Last month, legislative leaders blocked Assemblymember Ash Kalra’s third attempt to get a single-payer system, dubbed CalCare, adopted, shelving the San Jose Democrat’s Assembly Bill 1900 without a hearing.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
9 May 2026
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The new program, dubbed the Golden State Start, will launch this summer.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
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“Yclept.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yclept. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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