How to Use name-brand in a Sentence

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• This rivals some name-brand earbuds that are five-times the price.
  — Tim Chan, Variety, 23 Mar. 2024
• MoonPies and Little Debbie cakes rained by the box – the name-brand ones, mind you.
  — al, 21 Feb. 2023
• Some of the more macho name-brand artists failed to curry favor this week.
  — Julia Halperin, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
• Namely, that cows only have so many name-brand steaks to give.
  — Mrussell, oregonlive, 29 June 2023
• Some monkeys wear name-brand clothing and sport gold chains around their thin, hairy necks.
  — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2024
• Some ads that claim to offer a great price for a name-brand product might instead send you a cheap knock-off.
  — Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2024
• 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
• 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
• The Caesar is a crowd-pleaser salad, a name-brand salad, a safe-bet salad.
  — Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2024
• 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
• Hedge funds are name-brand goods; when the name retires, the investments often follow.
  — Tarpley Hitt, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2023
• That doesn't mean the free agent market is out of name-brand players, and the Yankees were able to get one to agree to terms on a minor league contract Monday.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
• 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
• Consumers often pay a premium for name-brand items, but that’s not true in all cases this year.
  — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 20 Nov. 2024
• Although Hims & Hers began selling name-brand Ozempic last week, it is priced at $1,799 per month.
  — Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2024
• Most name-brand car rental companies (Avis, Enterprise, Hertz) quote all-in prices.
  — Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 3 June 2024
• There’s so much to love about Target, including its abundance of name-brand luggage.
  — Hillary Maglin, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2023
• Lunchables aren’t the only name-brand food product students might encounter at school.
  — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023
• Store-brand stuffing and dinner rolls were more affordable than the name-brand versions, Wells Fargo found.
  — John Towfighi, CNN, 24 Nov. 2024
• Wayfair has a range of name-brand appliances marked down, including ones from GE, Samsung, and Frigidaire.
  — Micki Wagner, Popular Mechanics, 3 Mar. 2023
• Major telehealth clinics jumped in to sell these products online at a fraction of the price of their name-brand counterparts.
  — Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2024
• Missing from the district is a single quality, name-brand grocery store, Thomas said.
  — Leah Waters, Dallas News, 17 Mar. 2023
• The market capitalization for the name-brand firm is $506 million.
  — John Navin, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
• In some cases, the name-brand companies that eventually use their products can do so as well.
  — Lisa Song, ProPublica, 15 June 2023
• 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
• Shop store brand items: Store brands are typically cheaper than name-brand products.
  — Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 12 Sep. 2024
• 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
• Most makers who identified with the independent label toiled in the shadows, far from the klieg lights that shone on their name-brand competitors.
  — Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 2024
• 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
• Costco has its own in-house brand (Kirkland Signature) that offers quality products at a fraction of name-brand items.
  — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 14 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 4 Mar 2025