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[neym] / neɪm /








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But last month, flush from a six-figure Name, Image and Likeness, or NIL, compensation package, Payne returned to Florida to attend the Jones High prom with his old classmates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

In Streisand’s 2023 memoir, “My Name Is Barbra,” she wrote that “Like the greatest movie stars, Bob understands the power of restraint.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

As I fell back in love with reading that summer, it was reading a physical copy of Chanel Miller’s Know My Name that reminded me why I enjoy reading so much in the first place.

From Slate • Mar. 8, 2026

Name the conspiracy and there are millions who believe it.

From Salon • Feb. 6, 2026

“No. That was fifth grade. Of the countries. Name a country.”

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green




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