namesake

The German 10-brand group, which apart from its namesake also includes the likes of Skoda, Audi, Seat and Porsche, said late Thursday it would cut an additional 50,000 jobs, bringing total planned reductions to 100,000.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

Sales of its namesake brand peaked in 1970, the heyday of the Beetle and the Bus, before it was overtaken by Japanese rivals that proved better at adapting to evolving American tastes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Take poor Daffy Duck, living up to his namesake, spending his days painting watercolors in the pleasant confines of a cartoon asylum.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

Dick’s on Tuesday said sales at its namesake stores remained strong, with sports gear outside of sneakers helping deliver a 4.9% same-store sales gain, and also said it was confident in Foot Locker’s long-term potential.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

Anyway, my namesake, Perseus, had saved her just in time and turned the sea monster to stone using the head of Medusa.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan

From Shohei Ohtani to Clayton Kershaw to Freddie Freeman — all have inspired namesakes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2025

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

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