nickname

Example Sentences

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Aswath Damodaran, the New York University finance professor with the nickname the “dean of valuation,” had estimated, before getting a look at the prospectus, that SpaceX was worth $1.2 trillion.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

Dash, the company name which came from Dave’s nickname in the Air Force—as Dave, just returned from Nepal, tells me—was reinterpreted as an abbreviation for Dave and Shelley.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

You may know it by a third name, a common nickname:

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

According to a website using Zander's name and nickname, the trainer holds "unforgettable" and "one-of-a-kind" tiger petting events open to the public.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

I asked him where he got the nickname, and he said it was from a song.

From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks