Examples of namely in a Sentence
there's always one person stuck with cleaning up the mess, namely me
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The pair’s meanders through the Turkish metropolis heighten the atmosphere of the quest – namely the search for beauty in things that aren’t perfect.
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Leo Barraclough, Variety, 3 June 2025
Much of the SpaceX’s revenue is being plowed directly into the company’s Starship program, which Musk sees as the key to interplanetary expansion — namely his plan to colonize Mars.
—Shannon Carroll, Quartz, 3 June 2025
Yet there have been signs of late that Netflix and other streamers recognize the threat posed by YouTube: namely, that YouTube could be to Netflix (and other big subscription streamers) what Netflix was to linear TV.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 2 June 2025
There are also some slightly confusing complications in the present, namely the aversion to Lisa’s new husband.
—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
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Leo Barraclough, Variety, 3 June 2025
Much of the SpaceX’s revenue is being plowed directly into the company’s Starship program, which Musk sees as the key to interplanetary expansion — namely his plan to colonize Mars.
—Shannon Carroll, Quartz, 3 June 2025
Yet there have been signs of late that Netflix and other streamers recognize the threat posed by YouTube: namely, that YouTube could be to Netflix (and other big subscription streamers) what Netflix was to linear TV.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 2 June 2025
There are also some slightly confusing complications in the present, namely the aversion to Lisa’s new husband.
—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
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“Namely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/namely. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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namely
adverb
name·ly
ˈnām-lē 
: that is to say
the cat family, namely, lions, tigers, and related animals
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