proper name
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The fate of “Predator: Badlands” rides on Dek, the first iteration of the title creature to have a proper name.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025
Anyone who can weasel that amount of money out of a purported institution of higher learning should now be known by his proper name.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 21, 2023
Here’s what to know about rugby, or rugby union to give it its proper name, and its big event.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2023
Its proper name reflects that: Juneteenth National Independence Day, as decreed in the bill President Biden signed two years ago to authorize the federal holiday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
Ma was the only person that calls me by my proper name.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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