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a word or combination of words by which a person or thing is regularly known
a twisting road that deserved the appellation "Sidewinder Lane"
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Recent Examples of appellation
This Merlot wine hails from premium Grand Cru vineyards in the St. Emilion appellation.
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Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
This 100% gamay wine from a Beaujolais Cru appellation is bright and juicy on the palate with distinct notes of black cherry, violet and rose petal.
—Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
For instance, director Walters has been named Walnut while Vaughn has been labeled The Nutcracker, a most appropriate appellation.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2024
That was not the case in California, where no formal appellations even existed until 1981, when Napa Valley became an AVA.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 15 Sep. 2024
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Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
This 100% gamay wine from a Beaujolais Cru appellation is bright and juicy on the palate with distinct notes of black cherry, violet and rose petal.
—Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
For instance, director Walters has been named Walnut while Vaughn has been labeled The Nutcracker, a most appropriate appellation.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2024
That was not the case in California, where no formal appellations even existed until 1981, when Napa Valley became an AVA.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 15 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for appellation
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Regrettably, the catchy moniker has slinked into our vocabulary, and we are seemingly stuck with it.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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In fact, another beloved train also, confusingly, operates under the iconic moniker: the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express belongs to Belmond and travels occasionally through Italy.JD Shadel, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2024
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Adding poignancy, the narrative is interspersed with obituaries of some of the patients Shelly could not save, showing them as human beings and not just names on a medical chart.Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 10 Nov. 2024
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The last successful Maxwell model was called the Chrysler Six, so when Maxwell Motors reorganized, the name was changed to Chrysler Corp. with guess-who as its president and board chairman.David Krumboltz, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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But the Roos tied the game near the end of the first half and, with a man advantage, grabbed a winner to clinch their second-straight Summit League title, 2-1, on Saturday at DU Soccer Stadium.Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
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The organizations that allegedly published them, including the American Psychological Association and Pew Research Center, are real, but the titles cited in the document are not discoverable online.Emily Dreibelbis Forlini, PCMAG, 11 Nov. 2024
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Some aficionados will argue that three complications is just a complicated watch, but four—and more certainly five—qualifies for the grand complication nomenclature.Sophie Furley, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024
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Brandon Gomes, a former pitcher who is now L.A.’s general manager, clarified the nomenclature.Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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Of course, those big franchise films did come up, and Saldaña offered some new perspective on her designation as a sci-fi standout and a franchise queen.Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2024
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The designation comes four years after a mob of Trump supporters rioted at the Capitol, where the certification takes place.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Today, the term is more often used as a negative epithet—but on her wise and poignant R&B album Heaux Tales, Jazmine Sullivan celebrates gossip’s emotional significance, showing the revelations and self-explorations that arise when women nurture community.Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
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Risqué language and colorful ethnics epithets flowed as liberally as the liquor, drawing the ire of a nearby diner who, while not nearly as famous, was at least as wealthy and possibly more influential.Lizz Schumer, People.com, 29 Sep. 2024
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His work garnered him a few nicknames, more followers and a nice pay bump.Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2024
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However, because its peculiar shape was reminiscent of a clothes iron, the Flatiron nickname quickly stuck.Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Appellation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appellation. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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