nickname

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

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

He even has a nickname here - Chuan Jianguo, which means "Trump the nation builder".

From BBC • May 12, 2026

So, between the initials and the earmuffs and the hand flapping, the nickname had stuck.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold