namesake

Example Sentences

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But the late 1990s merger between Mercedes-Benz parent Daimler and Chrysler hardly led to a turnaround for the namesake brand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Wasserman and his investors are trying to sell his former namesake firm.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 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

Estee Lauder, who died in 2004, founded her namesake cosmetics company in 1946 in New York with her husband Joseph.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

This is how I think of him: like his namesake, the raven, a harbinger of death and doom.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson