nickname

Example Sentences

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Coming home from the hospital with me, my mother wondered aloud what my nickname should be.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

For bankers, SpaceX’s IPO will likely be “lucrative,” according to Jay Ritter, a professor at the University of Florida who has earned the nickname “Mr. IPO” for his extensive research.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

The stand-off helped earn him the nickname "King of the North".

From BBC • May 14, 2026

The man’s duality was evident by the fact that he truly was the ugly, divisive character that spawned the nickname “Tricky Dick.”

From Salon • May 14, 2026

Over the years, he’d come to use his nickname as a test to see what kind of people he was dealing with.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste