proper name
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The fate of “Predator: Badlands” rides on Dek, the first iteration of the title creature to have a proper name.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025
Anyone who can weasel that amount of money out of a purported institution of higher learning should now be known by his proper name.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 21, 2023
Camacho explains that the puppies are known by a number until they are three months old, when they are given a proper name.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2023
The domination was so complete that, down in Miami, they’ve assigned it a proper name:
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2023
Both islands were ever after sacred to her, and she was called Cytherea or the Cyprian as often as by her proper name.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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