moniker

Example Sentences

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According to listing agent Ernie Carswell, of Sotheby’s International Realty, the actor was also the one who gave the property its exotic moniker.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026

After breaking through into the Wasps team, French selectors applied another three-letter moniker to Flament, describing him as a UFO, such was his sudden, unexpected appearance on their radar.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

He also moonlighted as a techno DJ, performing under the moniker Santa Militia at prominent nightclubs in London and promoting himself as having played at major venues from Bogotá to Buenos Aires.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

One theory is that the moniker emerged from a cowpoke misinterpretation of the Spanish word galón, for braided hat-bands.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

Recognizing the gravity of his predicament, he had abandoned the cocky moniker he’d been using for years, Alexander Supertramp, in favor of the name given to him at birth by his parents.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer