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Examples of pen name in a Sentence
Samuel L. Clemens is better known by his pen name “Mark Twain.”
Recent Examples on the Web
In August 2022, Rowling began promoting her new novel, The Ink Black Heart, published under her pen name Robert Galbraith.
—Abby Gardner, Glamour, 3 Sep. 2024
And Kendall’s Grace is prolific, with 171 novels listed on Amazon’s Goodreads site for that pen name alone.
—Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 17 July 2024
Mabry adapted the film with Cee Marcellus (a pen name for The Woman King’s Gina Prince-Bythewood) from the novel of the same name by Edward Kelsey Moore.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
And then another and another … Today, the Fremont resident writes under several pen names.
—Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 17 July 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1864, in the meaning defined above
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“Pen name.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pen%20name. Accessed 19 Sep. 2024.
Kids Definition
pen name
noun
: a false name used by an author
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