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surname

[sur-neym, sur-neym, sur-neym] / ˈsɜrˌneɪm, ˈsɜrˌneɪm, sɜrˈneɪm /
NOUN
family name
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A man who identifies himself as "Mark" and refuses to give his surname says the device belongs to the company, but he won't allow Alex to recover his personal data from the phone.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

You can see all of these below - listed in alphabetical order by each candidate's surname.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Shortly before he took office in January 2025, the Chinese government and official media began using a different Chinese character for "lu" to represent the first syllable in his surname.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

Knowing his history of branding and licensing his surname, this shouldn’t come as a surprise.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

He did not know Kainene had talked to him from Pakistan and did not remember her ever mentioning a friendship with an army officer whose first name and surname were the same.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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