namesake
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Although Guns N' Roses has been called the "most dangerous band in the world," its reptilian namesake is not dangerous to people.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
Consumers at the company’s namesake brand are holding up well, executives said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
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
Legendary US designer Ralph Lauren on Wednesday kicked off New York Fashion Week with his namesake brand's Spring/Summer 2027 collection, as the industry showcase implements its first full ban on fur on the runway.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Anyway, my namesake, Perseus, had saved her just in time and turned the sea monster to stone using the head of Medusa.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
Other Dutch names survived, like Rensselaer and Peekskill, namesakes of Dutch settlers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
She is Cori Andersen, a teacher from Murrieta, and the two namesakes often text and occasionally visit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 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
