namesake

At a time when other sitcoms occasionally tackled social issues in “very special” episodes and “The Cosby Show” hewed to its namesake star’s dedication to respectability politics, “A Different World” regularly confronted harder topics.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

George Lucas’ quest to find a permanent home for his namesake museum started more than 20 years ago and involved land battles in Chicago and San Francisco before the project landed in L.A.s Exposition Park.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

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

The former first son launched his namesake memecoin on Wednesday, less than two days after the project was teased in an exclusive story published by the Wall Street Journal.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

“And now—if I don’t make haste to write this note you’d get the news that your namesake was here—before then I just want to bid you good-day.”

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

His descendants revere Aegon the Conqueror so highly that he has numerous prominent namesakes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2026

Woody and Christopher were the namesakes of Johnson’s surviving siblings, the former a prominent Republican fundraiser and owner of the New York Jets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 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