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put a name to (someone or something)

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• The hope is to create a family tree that will put a name to the mystery DNA.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2021
• Think about what’s important to you and put a name to that passion.
  — Noel Cody, Essence, 16 Sep. 2022
• This month, the victims’ families got closure after police were able to put a name to the crimes.
  — oregonlive, 15 Feb. 2022
• Still, @cinematogrxphy had put a name to an impulse that’s run through our culture since at least Shego from Kim Possible.
  — Vulture, 31 Mar. 2023
• The effort to put a name to things speaks to one of the pillars of the organization — education.
  — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 1 June 2022
• The city is determined to put a name to every one of those who died and memorialize them with a monument.
  — Liz Sly, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2022
• Now, the detectives are releasing the photo of the sole remaining person of interest in the case in hopes the public can put a name to the face, Seiver said.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2021
• In accounting for Russia's efforts, the report not only identified its goal but put a name to the campaign.
  — Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2020
• Over the last few years, social media has put a name to this phenomenon, granting children of the rich and famous a new title: nepo babies.
  — Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 17 Feb. 2023
• Investigators work to put a name to another victim of Putin's war.
  — CBS News, 16 Oct. 2022
• Vibes are a medium for feeling, the kind of abstract understanding that comes before words put a name to experience.
  — Longreads, 19 Apr. 2022
• Investigators were finally able to put a name to the victim in 2019 after using a new DNA technique.
  — Fox News, 8 Sep. 2021
• Glad to help law enforcement generate leads and, in some instances, put a name to a face, Koppelman was almost always an unpaid volunteer.
  — Longreads, 9 Sep. 2021
• Calls for such bans aren’t surprising, especially those aimed at systems that put a name to pictures of otherwise unknown suspects.
  — Brian E. Finch, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2020
• Though such terms can be validating for people who can now put a name to an experience, therapy-speak can eliminate all nuance from a conversation.
  — Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2023

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024