namesake

Example Sentences

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Argentine lifestyle impresario Alan Faena opened his namesake New York hotel late last year in the bottom of a torqued high rise by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Borel first tried the domaine’s namesake wine when he was 23 and traveling through France.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

Gap, which along with Athleta and its namesake stores also owns Old Navy and Banana Republic, described 2026 as a “rebuild year” for Athleta.

From MarketWatch • May 31, 2026

The domaine makes only about 5,000 bottles of its namesake wine each year.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

Apples were his wife’s favorite fruit, the pink of the azaleas her favorite color, and the roses her namesake.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland