pen name
Example Sentences
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She published her first newspaper piece that same year, and adopted the alliterative pen name.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026
Except this is a "bogan" version translated by Ander Louis, the pen name of a Melbourne IT worker who moonlights as a writer.
From BBC • Nov. 14, 2025
Another famous cartoon - he signed them Abu, after his pen name - from that time shows a man asking another: "What do you think of editors who are more loyal than the censor?"
From BBC • Jul. 7, 2025
The author is a federal civil servant who has been granted the use of a pen name to protect them and their family from reprisals.
From Slate • Jan. 29, 2025
“Why did you use a pen name? I mean, Quill is a perfect writer name,” Seven said, still in awe.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
