assumed name
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Mark Twain visited the Fowlers’ London outpost in 1873 and decided to put phrenology to the test by submitting to an examination by Lorenzo, under an assumed name.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
Estranged from her immigrant Chinese parents in Florida, Lily falls in love with a mysterious white man, Matthew, who is living under an assumed name.
From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2024
He was arrested at the scene under his assumed name, but the fact that he was a police officer remained unknown to the court or his fellow defendants.
From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2022
Her mother was an illustrator, and her father, who had entered the United States under an assumed name at 16, was a linguist.
From New York Times ● Aug. 17, 2022
The Indian emperors of the Kanva dynasty, Ted Bundy's assumed name, the winners of the 1974 Tony Awards: these things are bound to come in handy eventually.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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