otherwise known as

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—used to indicate a different name that people know or that a person uses

France's King Louis XIV, otherwise known as the Sun King

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For over 30 years Goichi Suda, otherwise known as Suda51, has been one of the gaming industry’s few true auteurs. —

Justin Koreis, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2024 Nicholas Stewart, otherwise known as Jynxzi, one of the biggest streamers on Twitch, has signed with Brillstein Entertainment Partners for management representation. —

Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2024 What To Know Until now, the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, otherwise known as the Ramstein group, has spearheaded efforts to equip Ukraine's military. —

Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024 The currently unnamed van will be built on Mercedes’s new Van Electric Architecture, otherwise known as VAN.EA. —

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