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christened the new baby "Ophelia"
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Recent Examples of christen
The friends put the boat through its sea trials, made the purchase and christened her.
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Terry Ward, CNN Money, 25 July 2025
Aptly christened Whimsy Farms, the classic farmhouse-style adobe offers five bedrooms, six bathrooms, and just the right amount of whimsy.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 17 July 2025
Steger sought out Brother Justus’s surviving family members, receiving their blessing to christen his distillery with his name.
—Jeanette Hurt, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
And what had been a scoreless early ballgame suddenly became a 3-0 Brewers lead, with Vaughn going deep to left to christen his Brewers debut with a home run.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
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Terry Ward, CNN Money, 25 July 2025
Aptly christened Whimsy Farms, the classic farmhouse-style adobe offers five bedrooms, six bathrooms, and just the right amount of whimsy.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 17 July 2025
Steger sought out Brother Justus’s surviving family members, receiving their blessing to christen his distillery with his name.
—Jeanette Hurt, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
And what had been a scoreless early ballgame suddenly became a 3-0 Brewers lead, with Vaughn going deep to left to christen his Brewers debut with a home run.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for christen
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Food Network named Otto Pizza & Pastry in Tempe, Arizona, the best pizza slice in the state.—
Endia Fontanez,
AZCentral.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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Bondi told the president he is named in the Epstein files, according to media reports.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
23 Aug. 2025
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Congress might also call on President Biden to ban TikTok under the IEEPA.—
Emily Baker-White,
Forbes,
14 Feb. 2023
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Kia customers can also call customer care at 1-800-333-4542 or check out owners.kia.com/us/en/kia-owner-portal.html.—
Saleen Martin,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2023
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Perkins dubbed this new gang of comedy talent the ‘Brit Art’ crew and reflected on how the pandemic stymied this kind of collaboration.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
14 Aug. 2025
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Corll tortured, raped and killed at least 28 boys and young men between the ages of 13 and 20 in a rash of crimes dubbed the Houston Mass Murders.—
Nicole Acosta,
People.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Unlike governors, regional presidents are not nominated by the president.—
Bailey Schulz,
USA Today,
30 Aug. 2025
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The Tennessean asks school officials during the school year to nominate students in different categories for our weekly Student of the Week feature, and then readers decide who comes out on top in our weekly poll.—
Andy Humbles,
The Tennessean,
30 Aug. 2025
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Seventeen states have designated times in July and August when certain items can be purchased tax-free.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
26 Aug. 2025
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At other times, sometimes in the same building, they were allowed to record in some hallways, barred from other hallways, and denied entry to spaces designated for the public.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
25 Aug. 2025
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Scientists label the molecules of interest with fluorescent tags designed to spontaneously emit light.—
Katarina Zimmer,
JSTOR Daily,
14 Aug. 2025
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Some people can, in fact, label the great state of Vermont correctly without a PhD, but not GPT-5.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
14 Aug. 2025
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The new album, titled The End Is Near, will arrive next year.—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
14 Aug. 2025
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At the same time, BFI Southbank will also mount a rep season of her work titled Laura Mulvey: Thinking Through Film.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
14 Aug. 2025
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Athletic directors have long been termed the CEOs of collegiate sports departments, but increasingly schools are taking the term literally, looking outside the typical sports pathways for business leaders to take the reins.—
Brendan Coffey,
Sportico.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Current Supervisor Jim Desmond is termed out and running for U.S. Congress.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Christen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/christen. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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