namesake

At a time when other sitcoms occasionally tackled social issues in “very special” episodes and “The Cosby Show” hewed to its namesake star’s dedication to respectability politics, “A Different World” regularly confronted harder topics.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

Although Guns N' Roses has been called the "most dangerous band in the world," its reptilian namesake is not dangerous to people.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

The Bob Hope Humanitarian Award was established in 2002 to honor an individual in the television industry whose humanitarian efforts exemplify those of its namesake and his altruism.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

Legendary US designer Ralph Lauren on Wednesday kicked off New York Fashion Week with his namesake brand's Spring/Summer 2027 collection, as the industry showcase implements its first full ban on fur on the runway.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

Something told me that in the myth Medusa had been asleep when she was attacked by my namesake, Perseus.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan

Woody and Christopher were the namesakes of Johnson’s surviving siblings, the former a prominent Republican fundraiser and owner of the New York Jets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025

After the family moved to England in 2010, the boys would often meet their namesakes at Etihad Stadium.

From BBC ● May 29, 2025

Dodgers fans like Weaver with namesakes on the Bronx Bombers are in a bit of a pickle this fall, caught between the team they support and the American League stalwart whose name they share.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2024

Like their mythical namesakes, these pygmy squids are intimately connected with their natural environments in the emerald waters of Okinawa.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2023

He didn't miss her enough to become obsessed with her name, to date her namesakes over and over and over and over again.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green