last name
Example Sentences
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Still, Bill refused to offer his last name.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
Cookie Glatzel, who identifies as nonbinary, kept their last name after marrying their wife.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Anticipating that his digital footprint would create potential social and economic obstacles for him, Paul changed his last name.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
“I used to listen to Dodger games on it under my pillow,” said the auction’s consignor, a man named David who asked to have his last name withheld because of privacy concerns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
It was the last name of the five brothers in the Mahabharata poem.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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