naming

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Bonin said real estate developers, labor unions and other well-funded donors have historically followed the “democratic norm,” identifying their biggest contributors on their ads and naming all of them in their public filings.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026

That does not stop you or your husband from naming your children as contingent beneficiaries rather than replacing each other outright.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

Campaigners' tactics include raising awareness among potential contributors, and naming and shaming the accounts believed to be the worst offenders.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

"From this tragedy, an immense irony is unfolding. Those who've fought to keep the world hooked on fossil fuels are inadvertently supercharging the global renewables boom," he said, without naming countries or companies.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

Labelling an island ‘Lanzarote’s Island’ is not quite the same thing as naming it Lanzarote, and it is unclear when the transition from the one to the other took place—it was certainly after 1385.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton