nickname

Example Sentences

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The first they requested to name in honor of their spacecraft's nickname, "Integrity."

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

In 1991 Army veteran and divorced dad Anselmo “Tony” Ortiz, who also goes by the nickname Rocky, was working full time and attending college.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

The festival’s name is a cheeky play on Harry Potter’s nickname, “the boy who lived,” given to the character upon surviving a death curse.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

“Sonny” is the nickname of Harold White, an engineer and physicist who has worked at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

“It’s where you got your name. Your nickname, I mean. Coal.”

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste