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namesake

[naym-sayk] / ˈneɪmˌseɪk /


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"I was only kidding, but Dana loves the idea," Trump told reporters on the tarmac of his namesake airport in Florida.

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 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 Cheesecake Factory plans to open as many as five of its namesake locations next year, executives said, as part of up to 27 new restaurants across its broader portfolio.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

It was also the namesake of the Bandits’ biggest rivals, the Johnston Jupiters.

From "The Missing Mitt (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #2)" by Franklin W. Dixon

Other Dutch names survived, like Rensselaer and Peekskill, namesakes of Dutch settlers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

His descendants revere Aegon the Conqueror so highly that he has numerous prominent namesakes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 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

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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