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namesake

[naym-sayk] / ˈneɪmˌseɪk /


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The group, which apart from its namesake brand also includes Mini and Rolls-Royce, has promised to shift more of the supply chain for its Chinese vehicles into China to try to regain market share.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

His mother was a member of the august Carrillo family, and his father was a captain in the Mexican army, killed in the Cahuenga Pass when his namesake son was just a few weeks old.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

To be considered for an asteroid namesake, someone must nominate you, and in Nežič's case, two people put his name forward.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

The core aperitifs business—home to Aperol and the group’s namesake Campari bitters—booked a 6.7% increase on the year, and the tequila business grew at around the same rate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

It is not necessary to tell you that his favorite part is the one with his namesake, Rostam and Sohrab.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

Before he was an international sports mogul, he was Enos Stanley Kroenke from rural Missouri with sporting heritage scrawled right on his birth certificate—his namesakes were St. Louis Cardinals legends Enos Slaughter and Stan Musial.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

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

From BBC ● May 29, 2025

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

I also wish I could have included the proto-punk group the Monks, who often dressed like their namesakes, but the band’s great 1966 album “Black Monk Time” isn’t available on any streaming platforms.

From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2023

When she had visited Chicago a couple of years ago, she had told Petra that all of her namesakes had grown up to be very beautiful and very lucky.

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett


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