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there's always one person stuck with cleaning up the mess, namely me
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While Musk was busy rubbing elbows with other billionaires at the event — namely, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Bezos' fiancée, Lauren Sanchez — all eyes were on Musk and Zilis' interaction, as the two keep their exact relationship status private.
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Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
If that’s the case, other transactions will be vital, namely the coaching staff that Schottenheimer would assemble.
—Saad Yousuf, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
But as mentioned before, there is one exceptional outlier to this overall trend, namely those Denver lineups when Aaron Gordon is on, but Nikola Jokic is off the court.
—Joel Rush, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Jewel, who did not publicly endorse any presidential candidate during the 2024 election that resulted in another victory for Trump, is a longtime health advocate — namely, in the mental health space.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 21 Jan. 2025
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Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
If that’s the case, other transactions will be vital, namely the coaching staff that Schottenheimer would assemble.
—Saad Yousuf, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
But as mentioned before, there is one exceptional outlier to this overall trend, namely those Denver lineups when Aaron Gordon is on, but Nikola Jokic is off the court.
—Joel Rush, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Jewel, who did not publicly endorse any presidential candidate during the 2024 election that resulted in another victory for Trump, is a longtime health advocate — namely, in the mental health space.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Namely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/namely. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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namely
adverb
name·ly
ˈnām-lē 
: that is to say
the cat family, namely, lions, tigers, and related animals
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