last name

Example Sentences

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ProPublica is withholding her last name because she fears being deported.

From Salon • May 2, 2026

People "hear my last name and know that I am of French descent and they make a false connection to the European tropes of a Parisian lifestyle".

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Colin, a 39-year-old neighbor who declined to give his last name citing privacy concerns, said the current residents of the home had just moved in six months ago.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

A blood test ordered in a 2016 paternity suit confirmed one of the children, an 11-year-old girl, was Elkins’s child, although she didn’t use his last name, court records show.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

It didn’t hurt that he had my last name.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas