namesake
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The Bob Hope Humanitarian Award was established in 2002 to honor an individual in the television industry whose humanitarian efforts exemplify those of its namesake and his altruism.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
The former first son launched his namesake memecoin on Wednesday, less than two days after the project was teased in an exclusive story published by the Wall Street Journal.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
Sarti and its accompanying cocktail, the Sarti Spritz, diverge from the citrus-heavy, herbal tastes of Aperol and the company’s namesake Campari with a tropical taste of mango, passion fruit and blood orange.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
The German 10-brand group, which apart from its namesake also includes the likes of Skoda, Audi, Seat and Porsche, said late Thursday it would cut an additional 50,000 jobs, bringing total planned reductions to 100,000.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Yakov joined me in my struggle, wrestling against the creature as though he were channeling his namesake.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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Woody and Christopher were the namesakes of Johnson’s surviving siblings, the former a prominent Republican fundraiser and owner of the New York Jets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
After the family moved to England in 2010, the boys would often meet their namesakes at Etihad Stadium.
From BBC ● May 29, 2025
Like their mythical namesakes, these pygmy squids are intimately connected with their natural environments in the emerald waters of Okinawa.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2023
I also wish I could have included the proto-punk group the Monks, who often dressed like their namesakes, but the band’s great 1966 album “Black Monk Time” isn’t available on any streaming platforms.
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2023
He didn't miss her enough to become obsessed with her name, to date her namesakes over and over and over and over again.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
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