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
The domination was so complete that, down in Miami, they’ve assigned it a proper name:
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2023
Meng tells me I should call the Youns by their proper name, Vietnamese.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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