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also known as

ADVERB
as known or named at another time or place
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The firm, also known as Foxconn, has gone beyond assembling low-margin iPhones to making AI servers for Nvidia, along with electric vehicles and robots.

From Barron's • Jul. 6, 2026

A 39-year-old man was found dead in the early hours of 16 June at Pontsticill Reservoir in Bannau Brycheiniog National Park, also known as the Brecon Beacons, police said.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026

The plane struck Citic Tower, also known as China Zun, at around 6 p.m. local time on Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026

Both predictive neuroscience and psychoanalytic theory describe the mind as a system that seeks stability and predictability, also known as homeostasis, a state of psychological balance.

From Science Daily • Jul. 1, 2026

To those who are genuinely concerned, I push a button to say, “I have spastic bilateral quadriplegia, also known as cerebral palsy. It limits my body, but not my mind.”

From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper




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