namesake

Example Sentences

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“Her love and belief in beauty felt like a real force in the world,” said Amy Goodman about her mother, whose namesake galleries in New York, Paris and London are now run by several partners.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

The center was also designing and testing mock-ups of a lunar lander, which Armstrong — now the center’s namesake — later used to practice landing on the moon while still here on Earth.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

Grace and Faith must work together, using their namesake virtues to outsmart the scoundrels and stay alive, and to say it’s far less effective than it was seven years ago is an understatement.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

Dwight Schar, founder of one of the U.S.’s largest home builders, displays part of his collection at his namesake bar in Northern Virginia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

We take long walks on the beach, where she watches those namesake shore-birds, the sanderlings, leaving no stone unturned.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver