otherwise known as
idiom
—used to indicate a different name that people know or that a person uses
France's King Louis XIV, otherwise known as the Sun King
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Republican support for the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare, has hit a 12-year high, according to a new poll.
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Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
There are tens of millions of people who live along a narrow stretch from Mexico’s Pacific Coast to eastern Canada, otherwise known as the path of totality, where locals and travelers gazed skyward to see the moon fully blot out the sun.
—Anna Furman, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
But arguably, the most striking book logged on that Goodreads account was Industrial Society and Its Future — otherwise known as the manifesto of the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2024
There are tens of millions of people who live along a narrow stretch from Mexico’s Pacific coast to eastern Canada, otherwise known as the path of totality, where locals and travelers gazed skyward to see the moon fully blot out the sun.
—Anna Furman, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Dec. 2024
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Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
There are tens of millions of people who live along a narrow stretch from Mexico’s Pacific Coast to eastern Canada, otherwise known as the path of totality, where locals and travelers gazed skyward to see the moon fully blot out the sun.
—Anna Furman, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
But arguably, the most striking book logged on that Goodreads account was Industrial Society and Its Future — otherwise known as the manifesto of the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2024
There are tens of millions of people who live along a narrow stretch from Mexico’s Pacific coast to eastern Canada, otherwise known as the path of totality, where locals and travelers gazed skyward to see the moon fully blot out the sun.
—Anna Furman, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Dec. 2024
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