eponym
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That’s one reason the U.S. benchmark was able to buck the global uptrend in bond yields last year, notes Jim Bianco, the eponym of Bianco Research Advisors.
From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026
His work even generated the eponym “Boteroesque,” referring to enlarged figures like the ones he created.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2023
Grandma Ruby, the artist’s eponym, was a redoubtable guardian who kept her granddaughter safe by keeping her busy.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2021
While there are plenty of awful people who this rule would disqualify from being honored with a species eponym there is no shortage of excellent people or basic biological descriptions we could name species after.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 8, 2019
It was the Megalosaurus, and the name was actually suggested to Buckland by his friend Dr. James Parkinson, the would-be radical and eponym for Parkinson’s disease.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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Rhetoric
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