by the name of
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1
: used to indicate the name that is used for someone or something
Her name is Susan, but she goes by the name of Sue.
2
: having the name : named
Do you know a man by the name of James Smith?
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Once upon a time, a family by the name of Grimm carried on a life that was anything but.
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Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
To assist, Jefferson assigned a chemist and druggist by the name of George Hunter.
—Curtis Varnell The Timepiece, arkansasonline.com, 27 Oct. 2024
The brainchild of Nest was really the CEO of the Javits Center, a gentleman by the name of Alan Steele, who has really transformed the Javits Center from a traditional convention center into one of the world's greenest convention centers with one of the largest green roofs in America.
—Esha Chhabra, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
Such a theory has gained momentum after the Associated Press reported that Blue Origin’s CEO, a former Amazon executive by the name of Dave Limp, had a brief meeting with former President Donald Trump on the same day as the WaPo endorsement announcement.
—Samuel Burke, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024
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Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
To assist, Jefferson assigned a chemist and druggist by the name of George Hunter.
—Curtis Varnell The Timepiece, arkansasonline.com, 27 Oct. 2024
The brainchild of Nest was really the CEO of the Javits Center, a gentleman by the name of Alan Steele, who has really transformed the Javits Center from a traditional convention center into one of the world's greenest convention centers with one of the largest green roofs in America.
—Esha Chhabra, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
Such a theory has gained momentum after the Associated Press reported that Blue Origin’s CEO, a former Amazon executive by the name of Dave Limp, had a brief meeting with former President Donald Trump on the same day as the WaPo endorsement announcement.
—Samuel Burke, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024
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“By the name of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20the%20name%20of. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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