- present participle of name.
naming
Example Sentences
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So that would give Maresca some flexibility when naming a team - and means Anderson and Fernandez would be perfectly capable of playing together.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
I am comfortable naming him as the owner because public records confirmed this fact, even though at one point he told me he didn’t want to be identified in this story.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
He added that naming Watt, who joined CBS as an NFL analyst in 2023, as an interim replacement was necessary as the first kickoff is a month away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Oman's foreign ministry on Saturday condemned "repeated attacks on vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz", without naming Iran.
From Barron's ● Aug. 8, 2026
“Many years ago there used to be a street here with that name and in those days people had the custom of naming their children after streets.”
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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