nickname
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On Wall Street, this dynamic has its own nickname — the “Fed put.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
The name she uses professionally, Inde, for example, is a nickname her grandfather and her mother gave her as a child, because of her independence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
The nickname refers to the group of PayPal founders and former employees who went on to start other tech companies, including SpaceX, Palantir Technologies, LinkedIn, YouTube and Yelp.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
That nickname comes from Mobutu Sese Seko, the dictator who ruled the Democratic Republic of Congo - formerly Zaire - for three decades.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Commanding Tennessee militiamen, he refused to leave any of his sick or wounded men behind after a long march, earning the admiring nickname Old Hickory.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
Let’s hear it for author David Winder for putting together a list of the top 50 most interesting high school nicknames.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
CEO nicknames often are born of job cuts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
They have earned it the nicknames "Copper capital" and "World cobalt capital".
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
Some among the rescue team and German media have given the whale nicknames: either Timmy, after the beach where he first stopped on the German coast in late March, or Hope.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
That meant removing any barriers and using any psychological tools at his disposal, such as using nicknames to create a sense of friendship.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
While stopped at a sandy ridge nicknamed "Chocolatal," Curiosity used its navigation cameras to photograph the surrounding landscape at two different times of day.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
The last prime minister to attempt a substantial overhaul of social care was Theresa May, whose 2017 plans unfurled when they were nicknamed the "dementia tax".
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
In the wake of the crash, the Professional Helicopter Pilots Assn., now nicknamed SoCal Rotors, was formed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
In the late 19th century, the U.K. imposed restrictions on mechanically propelled road vehicles under laws nicknamed the “red flag laws.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
It was nicknamed Muck House by the people who worked in it, she remarked.
From "1984" by George Orwell
To kick off the globally renowned festival, Carpenter - headlining for the first time - turned the stage into the Hollywood Hills, nicknaming it "Sabrinawood".
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026
Sokol earned a reputation for being hard-driving and sometimes difficult, with some nicknaming him “The Great Young God,” a nod to both his intelligence and his ego.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026
The caption: “POV: Me on my way to HR yet again for nicknaming my co-worker ‘Tariff’ for costing the company more than they’re worth.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2025
This sort of evocative nicknaming has deep cultural roots in China, according to Shaohua Guo, a professor of Chinese language at Carleton University.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2022
At some point after the nicknaming, our Radar grew about six inches and started wearing contacts, so I suppose that 3.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
