namesake

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The center was also designing and testing mock-ups of a lunar lander, which Armstrong — now the center’s namesake — later used to practice landing on the moon while still here on Earth.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

Grace and Faith must work together, using their namesake virtues to outsmart the scoundrels and stay alive, and to say it’s far less effective than it was seven years ago is an understatement.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

It was a striking prelude to "Body to Body", the album's first full track, interwoven with Korea's most iconic folk song and the album's namesake, Arirang.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

A chalkboard sign advertises “chicken portions” at the market’s namesake values.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Even my namesake, Gran, used my preferred alias.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas