pen name
Example Sentences
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She said she still wants her fans - the McFans and Freida Readahs - to continue to know her by her pen name.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
She published her first newspaper piece that same year, and adopted the alliterative pen name.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026
Lewis Grassic Gibbon was the pen name of James Leslie Mitchell, who had been raised in the Mearns.
From BBC • Feb. 5, 2025
The author is a federal civil servant who has been granted the use of a pen name to protect them and their family from reprisals.
From Slate • Jan. 29, 2025
“It’s a pen name, long story. Where you been?”
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
