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

The trademark is the namesake of Albert Goodwill Spalding, who in 1876 co-founded A.G.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Woods has often been lauded for his comebacks from injury which have fed his remarkable reputation, but Woodland has achieved his with a grace that has always seemed beyond his near namesake.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 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

To read the story, he believes, would mean paying tribute to his namesake, accepting it somehow.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri