proper name
Example Sentences
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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
Teslyn Barkman, deputy chair of the territory's Legislative Assembly, urged EU countries to "respect the wishes of the Falkland Islanders and refer to us by our proper name".
From BBC • Jul. 20, 2023
To begin with, they deciphered Calakmul’s proper name: Kaan, the Kingdom of the Snake.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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