namesake

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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

But his evidence was itself authored by AI: Pangram’s namesake product is an AI tool that purports to “detect AI-generated content with 99.98% accuracy.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 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

The older children adore him, and, as for the valley people, it doesn’t matter how often I explain that we named the baby for my father, they are all sure that Truitt is their namesake.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson