nickname

Example Sentences

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He can also point to a long track record of governing, having served as Greater Manchester mayor for almost a decade, earning him the nickname "the King of the North".

From BBC • May 12, 2026

The unusual nickname reflects the backgrounds of the researchers involved.

From Science Daily • May 12, 2026

An 85-mile stretch of Louisiana, running southeast from Baton Rouge, hosts such a concentration of heavy industry that it long ago garnered the nickname “Cancer Alley.”

From Salon • May 10, 2026

Elwes, who stars in the new Peacock crime series “M.I.A.,” also dished about the nickname Marlon Brando gave him and what he lost in the L.A. wildfires.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

“The nickname was given to me as a boy, so people wouldn’t get me mixed up with my father.”

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood