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last name

NOUN
family name
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On busy nights, I’d estimate the wait, scribble down a last name, party size and pager number in black pen, then hand over a pleasantly hefty plastic puck.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

Smit means smiling and his last name means mosquito, Arora said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

"I'm absolutely exhausted," Stephanie, who didn't want to share her last name, told AFP, adding the danger of the situation "didn't quite hit me till now".

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

But there are optimists too, such as a man who told us his last name was Zhang, standing alongside potato pickers in a field near the data centres.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Men were frequently identified by their occupation rather than by their last name.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson


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