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  • past tense form of name.
  • past participle of name.

named





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The National Park Service and Department of the Interior, as well as executives from each department, are named as defendants.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said that while they have not been formally identified, they have been named as Aditi Vijay Paralkar, 46, Rakesh Narayan Pai, 47, and their son Sid Pai Paralkar, 9.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

The stock has also jumped 50% since Darren Rebelez was named as one of Barron’s Best CEOs last June.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Among the most extraordinary examples is the "Amaterasu particle," which was detected by the Telescope Array in Utah in 2021 and named for the sun goddess in Japanese mythology.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

The plants that he recognized, he named out loud in Latin, as C.C. had taught him from her books.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el




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