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The list of those who left includes individuals' names, birth dates, patronymics and more, and identifies contract soldiers, mobilized soldiers, and conscripts.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
20 Nov. 2024 -
In Oakland and Macomb, gritty unknown challengers are taking on two potent political patronymics: Servitto and O’Brien.—
Bill Laytner,
Detroit Free Press,
7 Oct. 2024
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The restaurant’s name, Jaji, pays homage to Akbar’s lineage, drawing from both her grandfather’s surname and her Pashtun tribal roots.—
Chelsea Davis,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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The centerpiece of the space is the National Monument to Freedom, a 155-foot-long, 43-foot-tall wall inscribed with 122,000 surnames of the 4.7 million formerly enslaved people recorded in the 1870 Census—the first census to list Black Americans entirely as free individuals.—
Bailey Berg,
AFAR Media,
14 Mar. 2025
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In an interview published on Monday, Markle spoke to People magazine about the special significance behind their family name.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
Fox News,
4 Mar. 2025
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Meghan Markle is opening up about the Sussex family name.—
Rachel Burchfield,
People.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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Following the fallout with her husband's family, the woman and her husband opted to change both their last names, settling on her late grandmother's maiden name.—
Virginia Chamlee,
People.com,
18 Mar. 2025
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Players are listed with their graduation year, their maiden name and symbols connoting their major honors.—
Kyle Newman,
The Denver Post,
12 Mar. 2025
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So Far The village oracle cursed Kratos by literally bonding the ashes of his deceased family to his body, earning him the Ghost of Sparta nickname for his ghostly white visage.—
Diego Argüello,
Rolling Stone,
22 Mar. 2025
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Since then, the side known as Las Blancas — the feminine form of the men’s team’s Los Blancos nickname derived from their all-white kit — have been Champions League regulars but never challenged Barcelona’s domestic dominance.—
Guillermo Rai,
The Athletic,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Matronymic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/matronymic. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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