family name

Example Sentences

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From the halls of the NYU Tisch School of the Arts to the luxury suites of Loews Hotels, the family name is etched into the city.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

About 111 million of the voting A shares are mostly in the family name.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

"I really wanted to win a Slam for him, to put our family name into history," Sabalenka said in 2022.

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2025

But there were clues: A tattoo with a family name.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2025

After all, it wasn’t her fault that a young boys first and only welding job had been to make her a gate with her family name, Redizon, at the top.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool