How to Use name-brand in a Sentence
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Most name-brand car rental companies (Avis, Enterprise, Hertz) quote all-in prices.
—Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 3 June 2024
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This rivals some name-brand earbuds that are five-times the price.
—Tim Chan, Variety, 23 Mar. 2024
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MoonPies and Little Debbie cakes rained by the box – the name-brand ones, mind you.
—al, 21 Feb. 2023
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Namely, that cows only have so many name-brand steaks to give.
—Mrussell, oregonlive, 29 June 2023
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Some monkeys wear name-brand clothing and sport gold chains around their thin, hairy necks.
—Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2024
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Keep scrolling to shop more on-sale comfy sandals that look so similar to the name-brand pairs celebs wear.
—Nicola Fumo, Peoplemag, 10 July 2023
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His gear isn’t name-brand and his trail food consists of instant noodles and granola bars.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2024
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The Caesar is a crowd-pleaser salad, a name-brand salad, a safe-bet salad.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2024
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At a local warehouse club store, a big bag of name-brand kettle chips that cost me $4 last year costs nearly $8 now.
—Howard Dvorkin, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
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Hedge funds are name-brand goods; when the name retires, the investments often follow.
—Tarpley Hitt, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2023
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Other factors, such as name-brand hams, a store specialty brand of ham, or how the ham is glazed or smoked are priced higher.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 28 Mar. 2024
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There’s so much to love about Target, including its abundance of name-brand luggage.
—Hillary Maglin, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2023
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Lunchables aren’t the only name-brand food product students might encounter at school.
—Emily Heil, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023
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Wayfair has a range of name-brand appliances marked down, including ones from GE, Samsung, and Frigidaire.
—Micki Wagner, Popular Mechanics, 3 Mar. 2023
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Missing from the district is a single quality, name-brand grocery store, Thomas said.
—Leah Waters, Dallas News, 17 Mar. 2023
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In some cases, the name-brand companies that eventually use their products can do so as well.
—Lisa Song, ProPublica, 15 June 2023
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The mall’s current stores, services and food outlets include a mix of name-brand merchants, service centers and food outlets, much like the 1970 version.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 3 June 2024
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Even name-brand sneakers boast unbeatable prices, with the Reebok Women’s Princess Sneakers coming in at $39 for a limited time.
—Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2023
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According to their website, the store carries name-brand items at lower prices and sells a variety of items from groceries to appliances and home goods.
—Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
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How much cheaper are store brands? Store brands are typically cheaper than name-brand products.
—Amanda Pérez Pintado, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2023
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That won’t stop people, from anonymous internet users to name-brand politicians, from quoting him anyway.
—Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2024
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Amazon has cheap sunglass options that look identical to name-brand options.
—Christopher Murray, Fox News, 29 May 2024
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Even switching from name-brand drugs to generic versions can be problematic.
—Christina Caron, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
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The gourmet kitchen has name-brand, state-of-the-art appliances, custom cabinetry, eat-in islands, and decorative lighting.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 15 Feb. 2024
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The Fresh Foam line features super-cushioned midsoles that fans say rival other name-brand options and some runners prefer that this one isn’t so heavy on the arch support.
—Kristine Solomon, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2024
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As more affluent drivers continue to buy name-brand tires, Tire Town’s price-conscious customers have been trading down, Cates said.
—Michael Grabell, ProPublica, 3 May 2023
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Right now, the Amazon best-sellers are up to 32 percent off ahead of Prime Day, bringing their price tag down to just $36 — a fraction of the price of many name-brand hiking pants and still with an impressive quality to match.
—Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2023
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Given that Taylor Swift is the most popular pop star on the planet — or maybe because of that — there’s been a surprising paucity of covers of her hundreds of tunes by other name-brand artists over the years.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Aug. 2023
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Jaisinghani adds that the salt form of semaglutide has different active ingredients than the name-brand version.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 8 June 2023
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Walmart has travel shampoo and conditioners for under $10 and Amazon has name-brand options for just a few dollars more.
—Christopher Murray, Fox News, 7 May 2024
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