naming

Example Sentences

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People are generally much better at reading words than naming ink colors.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

To reframe Tucci’s own policy of naming names, why knock something that brings people together?

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

Ballmer nearly granted Aspiration naming rights to the team’s new $2-billion venue as well, but instead chose financial services firm Intuit.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

When Kant first realized the importance of naming a power of attorney, she didn’t know whom to choose at the time, and put off the decision.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

She had been chosen as the most beautiful of the five thousand most beautiful women in the land and they had brought her to Macondo with the promise of naming her Queen of Madagascar.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez