as in to name
to give a name to
the brewpub, yclept Ye Olde Taverne, has been decorated in Merrie Olde England to within an inch of its life
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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 -
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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The blaze, dubbed the Power Line Fire, ignited just before 1:30 p.m. near Garden Highway and Power Line Road, about two miles south of the airport, said Capt. Justin Sylvia, a spokesperson for the Sacramento Fire Department.—
Daniel Hunt,
Sacbee.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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This was followed by varieties of sovereign default, typically involving either a failure to make debt payments and a restructuring of debt terms, or a bout of currency depreciation to inflate away debts denominated in domestic currencies.—
Nathan Lewis,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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The protectionist trade measures muddy the picture for growth in the world’s largest economy and the future of the U.S. dollar, which denominates most commodities — including crude oil.—
Natasha Turak,Ruxandra Iordache,
CNBC,
5 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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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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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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The new album, titled The End Is Near, will arrive next year.—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
14 Aug. 2025
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In this, the city of Liverpool’s new waterfront development, a sea of around 50,000 blue flags waved in unison, christening the occasion: Everton’s first Premier League at the state-of-the-art arena.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
24 Aug. 2025
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Times columnist Steve Harvey christened him the King Tut of the Tumbleweeds.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 July 2025
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“Clepe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clepe. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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