namesake

Example Sentences

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Bob Baker, founded in 1963 by its namesake puppeteer, now attracts more than 145,000 audience members per year, including about 20,000 students via school field trips.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

“Her love and belief in beauty felt like a real force in the world,” said Amy Goodman about her mother, whose namesake galleries in New York, Paris and London are now run by several partners.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 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

Dwight Schar, founder of one of the U.S.’s largest home builders, displays part of his collection at his namesake bar in Northern Virginia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Throughout my childhood, he sang me a song about my famous Pashtun namesake.

From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai