naming
Example Sentences
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People are generally much better at reading words than naming ink colors.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
Senate appropriations rules prevented federal funding from naming Discovery, nor Texas as its final destination, but Sen. Ted Cruz believes Texas is the ideal spot because of Houston’s ties to space history.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
To reframe Tucci’s own policy of naming names, why knock something that brings people together?
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026
I'm not privy to the conversations that have been had within the current set-up, but the naming of such a large squad suggests a certain amount of uncertainty.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 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
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