namesake
Example Sentences
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Despite his owner being the “Peanuts” strip’s main character and the namesake for most of the franchise’s adaptations, Snoopy was inarguably its breakout star.
From Los Angeles Times
The San Diego native and “Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater” namesake, 57, made his ballet debut Saturday skating on stage for Golden State Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker.”
From Los Angeles Times
During her tenure there, Coach closed underperforming stores and got inventory under control, helping the namesake brand post its first quarterly sales increase in North America in almost three years.
She misses her daughter, her namesake, and weeps at the sight of school buses.
From Los Angeles Times
That became International Business Machines in 1924 under the leadership of Thomas J. Watson Sr., the research center’s namesake.
From Barron's
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