namesake
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In addition to its namesake Pepsi soft drinks, the company has a broad snack portfolio that includes chips like Cheetos, Doritos and Tostitos.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
At a time when other sitcoms occasionally tackled social issues in “very special” episodes and “The Cosby Show” hewed to its namesake star’s dedication to respectability politics, “A Different World” regularly confronted harder topics.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026
Angelenos recognize Armand Hammer as the founder and namesake of Westwood’s Hammer Museum.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Although Guns N' Roses has been called the "most dangerous band in the world," its reptilian namesake is not dangerous to people.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
We take long walks on the beach, where she watches those namesake shore-birds, the sanderlings, leaving no stone unturned.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Other Dutch names survived, like Rensselaer and Peekskill, namesakes of Dutch settlers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
She is Cori Andersen, a teacher from Murrieta, and the two namesakes often text and occasionally visit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2025
Like their mythical namesakes, these pygmy squids are intimately connected with their natural environments in the emerald waters of Okinawa.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2023
I also wish I could have included the proto-punk group the Monks, who often dressed like their namesakes, but the band’s great 1966 album “Black Monk Time” isn’t available on any streaming platforms.
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2023
When she had visited Chicago a couple of years ago, she had told Petra that all of her namesakes had grown up to be very beautiful and very lucky.
From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett
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