namesake

Example Sentences

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“Her love and belief in beauty felt like a real force in the world,” said Amy Goodman about her mother, whose namesake galleries in New York, Paris and London are now run by several partners.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

"We will not accept raising the issue of weapons in this crude manner," said Abu Ubaida, whose namesake was killed in an Israeli strike last year.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 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

And then their twelve-year-old, Dewey’s namesake, had gone into the yard to burn rubbish and started a blaze that had threatened the neighborhood.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote