proper name
Example Sentences
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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
Camacho explains that the puppies are known by a number until they are three months old, when they are given a proper name.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 1, 2023
You know a game is special when it has a proper name.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2023
“How silly. How can we expect them to give us any respect or work if we don’t give them a proper name? Common sense.”
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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