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noun

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Recent Examples of no-name
Adjective
No leading Democrat would dare take her on in a primary, and hardly anyone has even heard of the several no-name Republicans who are talking about taking the plunge. Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 13 Feb. 2025 One retailer debated the future of no-name fragrances at the show. Faye Brookman, WWD, 4 Feb. 2025 Other players from that class included no-names like Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Fernando Tatis Jr. and Juan Soto, all of whom signed for bonuses that were less expensive combined than Fox’s bonus. Grant Brisbee, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025 While there are plenty of no-name carbon copy trainers and NPCs scattered throughout Pokémon, the characters that are part of the story tend to be wildly varied, with no two major characters being all that alike. Oliver Brandt, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for no-name
Recent Examples of Synonyms for no-name
Adjective
  • At this time, the containment status is unknown and the cause of the fire remains undetermined.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacramento Bee, 23 Mar. 2025
  • At the conclusion of The Residence finale, Cupp is set to depart Washington D.C. — though her destination is unknown.
    Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The fight card will also see the return to the UFC of featherweight veteran Jeremy Stephens, who steps up to lightweight to take on another UFC returnee, former two-division Cage Warriors champion Mason Jones.
    Simon Head, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
  • After knocking out Charles Jourdain in late June, the 27-year-old moved up to lightweight to face hard-hitting Drew Dober on the main card of UFC Denver.
    Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Chicagoans may be following the back and forth between the City Council and Chicago Public Schools leadership over an obscure pension payment and wonder how does this affect me?
    Jason Ervin, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Couple that with obscure sourcing practices, harmful environmental impacts, and questionable animal welfare practices, and the cost of it all starts to add up.
    Sam Delgado, Vox, 17 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Once inside the dining hall, Middleton paid for the soldiers’ drinks and was even spotted sipping a half-pint of Guinness — the unit’s go-to drink — herself, People reported.
    Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2025
  • To assemble the trifles, use an upside-down half-pint jelly jar as a cookie cutter and cut 20 circles from the baked cake.
    Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • While some men are jumping on board, the most popular of these creators—which range from nobodies doing voiceovers to far-right provocateurs like Candance Owens and Megyn Kelly—are women speaking to other women.
    Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Those free passes were a frequent abuse of the law in the past, and low-profile corporate nobodies got away with them for years.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Now please don’t get the whippersnappers in the GTW offices wrong.
    Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Like his character, his powers haven’t dimmed with age, whatever the whippersnappers might think, and if both have made a few bad decisions in a long career, not even Superman is perfect anymore.
    Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Pour the sauce over and gently toss with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula until the shrimp and avocado are thoroughly coated.
    Janelle Davis, CNN, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Brine shrimp are a critical food source for the aquaculture industry.
    Evan Bush, NBC News, 21 Jan. 2023
Noun
  • Most of the movie is a vaguely comical swipe at Napoleon in domestic life—an awkward lover, a jealous husband, an inveterate complainer, and in sum an annoying twerp.
    Kyle Smith, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Kind of a little twerp, now and again.
    Ashley Fetters Maloy, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2022

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“No-name.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/no-name. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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