How to Use put a name to (someone or something) in a Sentence

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

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