family name
Example Sentences
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The Epstein scandal threatens to deepen a divide among the descendants at a time when the two remaining banks bearing the family name are increasingly in competition.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
About 111 million of the voting A shares are mostly in the family name.
From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026
Both have responded to jabs from outside groups, with Grijalva being accused of running on her family name.
From Salon • Jul. 13, 2025
The author said Winn was her maiden name, and she disliked her first name of Sally and decided to use her family name Raynor as a pen name.
From BBC • Jul. 9, 2025
Years ago, his mother had told him that their family name, Zhang, meant “master of bows” in Chinese.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
