as in name
a word or combination of words by which a person or thing is regularly known
apparently no one dares to enter the world of professional wrestling without a catchy compellation
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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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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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In fact, some of the best titles this year have been horror games.Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
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This title celebrates a full year of the AD100 talent’s interiors—organized into 12 chapters, with one home as the focus each month.Maya Ibbitson, Architectural Digest, 4 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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White residents claimed Black residents were circulating a petition supporting the designation.Erin Alberty, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
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The organization abandoned its name of over eight decades, the Red Skins, which many Native Americans viewed as a racist epithet.Greg McKenna, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2024
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If the flipping of this script began with Walz’s epithet, the convention is completing the turnover.Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2024
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In the complete first volume, which appeared in 1854, the Grimms included Wilhelm’s affectionate nickname for his wife, bierlümmel (beer lout).Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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Kitchens calls her son Serge, a nickname for his full one, Sergio Kitchens.Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
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Rita Hills Chardonnay, which is sourced from four different vineyards within the appellation.Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2024
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Common among those individuals worthy of the exalted appellation is a temptation to vacate, in view of unacceptable compromise, the industry’s fraught financial space.Jeff Gibson, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Compellation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compellation. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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