as in especially
that is to say
there's always one person stuck with cleaning up the mess, namely me
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Recent Examples of namely
That’s not great for the other parties involved in a payment — namely retailers and their customers.
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Dustin Eide, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
In his 70-plus years in the entertainment industry, Jones was best known for his work as a record producer, namely his collaboration with pop icon Michael Jackson; Jones produced three of Jackson’s most successful releases with the albums Off the Wall, Thriller and Bad.
—Rebecca Iannucci, TVLine, 4 Nov. 2024
The mountain of cash kept growing as the Oracle of Omaha sold significant portions of his biggest equity holdings, namely Apple and Bank of America.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2024
Meanwhile, his former chief of staff's claims - namely, that Trump has spoken positively about Hitler loomed over the election.
—Savannah Kuchar, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
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Dustin Eide, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
In his 70-plus years in the entertainment industry, Jones was best known for his work as a record producer, namely his collaboration with pop icon Michael Jackson; Jones produced three of Jackson’s most successful releases with the albums Off the Wall, Thriller and Bad.
—Rebecca Iannucci, TVLine, 4 Nov. 2024
The mountain of cash kept growing as the Oracle of Omaha sold significant portions of his biggest equity holdings, namely Apple and Bank of America.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2024
Meanwhile, his former chief of staff's claims - namely, that Trump has spoken positively about Hitler loomed over the election.
—Savannah Kuchar, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
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Only people with college degrees can be journalists, and especially people who graduate from elite schools.Sean Illing, Vox, 9 Nov. 2024
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Wide receiver Nick Nash said practices felt more clean after the bye, especially with Eget being the main guy at quarterback.Christian Vieyra, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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At least with this season specifically, Kevon Looney is an obvious X-factor.Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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Deprivation of rights specifically refers to being free from unreasonable search and seizure, established in the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.Austin Mullen, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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In the campaign imagery, Rihanna and her sons are seen wearing coordinated versions of the Forever Savage Hooded Onesie in the Navy Blue and Sage Day Green Holly Daze print, a colorway specially designed for the holiday season.Ty Gaskins, WWD, 30 Oct. 2024
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It was specially recorded within an ancestral forest in the UK, and the sound of birds twittering is known to offer relief from burnout, mental fatigue and stress.Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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However, three election cycles is just a blink of an eye in the grand scheme of American history, so this could just be a blip borne of this specific political moment (to wit: three of the five uber-unpopular nominees were/are Trump).Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2024
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None of that should be surprising, even with Coachella’s increasing emphasis on pop, hip-hop, dance, and various flavors of world music (to wit: 2023 headliners Blackpink, Bad Bunny, and Frank Ocean).Steve Appleford, SPIN, 20 Apr. 2023
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“Namely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/namely. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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