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Recent Examples of middle name
You were born free, but now some rando who doesn’t know your middle name gets to tell you which days you’re allowed to relax?
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Meghana Indurti, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2024
Ramsey's first name is a combination of her father's first and middle names.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 26 Nov. 2024
The former couple wed at Althorp in 2011 and share 12-year-old daughter Charlotte Diana, whose middle name honors her late aunt.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
Joseph Menendez, who goes by his middle name, Lyle, and younger brother Erik Menendez have been in California prisons since 1996, serving sentences of life without the possibility of parole for their parents' 1989 slayings.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 21 Nov. 2024
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Meghana Indurti, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2024
Ramsey's first name is a combination of her father's first and middle names.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 26 Nov. 2024
The former couple wed at Althorp in 2011 and share 12-year-old daughter Charlotte Diana, whose middle name honors her late aunt.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
Joseph Menendez, who goes by his middle name, Lyle, and younger brother Erik Menendez have been in California prisons since 1996, serving sentences of life without the possibility of parole for their parents' 1989 slayings.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 21 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for middle name
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Lopez will also revert to her maiden name, Jennifer Lynn Lopez.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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Claire is charmed that the man has the same last name as her maiden name.Lincee Ray, EW.com, 28 Dec. 2024
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Next is the Aorus Elite 16, another laptop with a family name derived from Gigabyte’s motherboard offerings.& Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG, 12 Jan. 2025
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The weight of his family name has been heavy and the request was made to the EFL for the younger Bellingham to carry Jobe on the back of his shirt shortly after arriving at the Stadium of Light.The Athletic UK Staff, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Her mother, who grew up in China, gave her the first name Lantian, Mandarin for blue sky.Emily Baker-White, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Like many of the country's fighters, those interviewed for this article gave only their first name for security reasons.Brian Mann, NPR, 2 Jan. 2025
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Until last year, John Henry Newman, as he is known by his baptismal name, was studying to become a priest at a Roman Catholic seminary in Yangon.New York Times, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2022
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She was given the name Sister Seraphia and later returned to her baptismal name, Carol Estelle.Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 22 May 2021
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Perhaps a little unfortunate given the recent bad publicity for a couple of different criminal networks using the same Matrix nomenclature.Davey Winder, Forbes, 5 Dec. 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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“Middle name.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middle%20name. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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