professional name
Example Sentences
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Cort adopted his professional name early in his career, having fallen in love with the theater.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026
Harry Houdini - his professional name - was born as Erik Weisz in Budapest in 1874.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2025
Leila Floral, her professional name, is taking care of the stairs and uses the surroundings as much as she can to produce a cascade.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2023
Using Glória Maria as her professional name, she made her onscreen debut in 1971, reporting on the collapse of a stretch of viaduct that killed 48 people.
From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2023
The first was a twenty-three-year-old Toronto housewife, who said her professional name was Bambi Kramer, and advised the school to address her mail accordingly.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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