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Recent Examples of cryptonym
The Stellarwind cryptonym replaced it soon afterward.
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Barton Gellman, Wired, 24 May 2020
Barton Gellman, Wired, 24 May 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cryptonym
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Tony Peters, a pseudonym to protect the privacy of his family, is a retired educator in Michigan.Tony Peters, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
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Those involved in the case believe the name is a pseudonym, and there is an ongoing investigation into the hack.Will Steakin, ABC News, 19 Nov. 2024
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Based on the classic Stephen King novel written under pen name Richard Bachman, The Running Man is set in an oppressive future where the government controls the media.Matt Grobar, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2024
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The Baby Driver filmmaker co-wrote script with Michael Bacall based on the Stephen King novel that was published under his then pen name of Richard Bachman.Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2024
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With the mall purchase, the property owner, realtor and would-be developer also began publicly using an alias — Fabio de la Cruz — to conceal his wealth and protect his family's safety when traveling abroad to his and his wife's home countries.Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Nov. 2024
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In typical Traveling Wilburys fashion, the whimsical supergroup skipped Vol. 2 entirely and named its second album Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3, with the members of the group adopting new aliases—Petty, likely in homage to Mudcrutch, became Muddy Wilbury.Al Shipley, SPIN, 1 Nov. 2024
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Color systems date back to at least the 17th century, but in the 19th century, an ornithologist named Robert Ridgway took issue with some of the existing nomenclature of colors, according to Daniel Lewis, who authored The Feathery Tribe, a biography of Ridgway.Emma Bowman, NPR, 5 Dec. 2024
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If one department creates its own unique nomenclature for entering new customer data and another department does the same, there could be years' worth of data that focuses on the same category.Robert Clark, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Cindy Lee is the nom de plume of the musician and drag artist Patrick Flegel, who, back in the late two-thousands and early twenty-tens, fronted the Canadian post-punk band Women.Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
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Penelope lies about her nom de plume and hides it from Colin.Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 18 June 2024
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However, perhaps the most unexplored aspect of terroir in the appellation is the impact of valley breezes on the grapes.Paul Caputo, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
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Grapes were planted on nearby Mount Barker by an English settler in 1859, but the Great Southern appellation was established only in 2007.Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2024
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The children also argued that the beneficiary designation from the previous employer should have been applied.Bob Carlson, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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While Blinken did not specify which groups the U.S. would engage with, the State Department has not ruled out discussions with HTS, despite its designation as a terrorist organization.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Cryptonym.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cryptonym. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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