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name

noun as in fame, distinction

noun as in celebrity

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The CDA was passed not in the name of censorship but in the name of protecting children from stumbling across sexual material.

“Gronkowski” itself never manages to sound more erotic than the name of a hearty Polish stew or a D-list WWE performer.

Yet, for god knows what reason, his name is never brought up in the “Great American Filmmaker” conversation.

A sad-faced orange Star of David flashed across the iPhone screen as we swiped left on “James” (not his real name).

What they believe impacts economic policy, foreign policy, education policy, environmental policy, you name it.

In pursuing his alchemical researches, he discovered Prussian blue, and the animal oil which bears his name.

Elyon is the name of an ancient Phœnician god, slain by his son El, no doubt the “first-born of death” in Job xviii.

"It is ill-fated;" and Alessandro blamed himself for having forgotten her only association with the name.

"Garnache," came the other's crisp, metallic voice, and the name had a sound as of an oath on his lips.

Children, and the building of a city shall establish a name, but a blameless wife shall be counted above them both.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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