nicknames
Example Sentences
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CEO nicknames often are born of job cuts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
They have earned it the nicknames "Copper capital" and "World cobalt capital".
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
Some among the rescue team and German media have given the whale nicknames: either Timmy, after the beach where he first stopped on the German coast in late March, or Hope.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
What were some nicknames you had growing up?
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026
“I don’t know how you got to be called Big Time. Penny and Big Time aren’t even close. I don’t like nicknames anyway.”
From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers
