pseudonym
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She dons makeup, a wig, high heels and a pseudonym.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
"We are going through an extremely difficult time," Iranian resident Hussein told AFP, using a pseudonym to protect his identity over fears of a possible backlash for speaking about the issue.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
A brief mention of a pizza-spinning girlfriend is tossed off immediately after, replaced by vivid stories about his first summer working at the real-life Flagship, given the pseudonym The Dreadnaught.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
Factually, it’s baloney, although “Tony” does restore the restaurant’s actual name — the Flagship — from Bourdain’s Dreadnaught, the pseudonym he gave it before he ever imagined future fans following him around the world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
That is why he chose a pseudonym for me: Gul Makai, which means “cornflower” and is the name of a heroine in a Pashtun folk story.
From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai
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While there were established columnists like Walter Winchell, Adela Rogers St. Johns, Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons, most articles in these magazines either went unbylined or were written under pseudonyms.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
Some of the posters use only initials or pseudonyms, like “Pumpkin Spice” or “Banana Slug.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026
Avaaz gave the survivors who participated in the webinar pseudonyms for their safety.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2025
With ultra-low budgets, many of the productions are non-union, prompting some writers and actors to work under pseudonyms to avoid facing sanctions from their unions, said several people who work on the shows.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2025
I would venture to guess that these were pseudonyms.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
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