How to Use name-brand in a Sentence

name-brand

adjective
  • This rivals some name-brand earbuds that are five-times the price.
    Tim Chan, Variety, 23 Mar. 2024
  • MoonPies and Little Debbie cakes rained by the box – the name-brand ones, mind you.
    al, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Namely, that cows only have so many name-brand steaks to give.
    Mrussell, oregonlive, 29 June 2023
  • Some monkeys wear name-brand clothing and sport gold chains around their thin, hairy necks.
    Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Some ads that claim to offer a great price for a name-brand product might instead send you a cheap knock-off.
    Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Keep scrolling to shop more on-sale comfy sandals that look so similar to the name-brand pairs celebs wear.
    Nicola Fumo, Peoplemag, 10 July 2023
  • His gear isn’t name-brand and his trail food consists of instant noodles and granola bars.
    Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2024
  • The Caesar is a crowd-pleaser salad, a name-brand salad, a safe-bet salad.
    Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2024
  • At a local warehouse club store, a big bag of name-brand kettle chips that cost me $4 last year costs nearly $8 now.
    Howard Dvorkin, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Hedge funds are name-brand goods; when the name retires, the investments often follow.
    Tarpley Hitt, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Other factors, such as name-brand hams, a store specialty brand of ham, or how the ham is glazed or smoked are priced higher.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Although Hims & Hers began selling name-brand Ozempic last week, it is priced at $1,799 per month.
    Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Most name-brand car rental companies (Avis, Enterprise, Hertz) quote all-in prices.
    Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 3 June 2024
  • There’s so much to love about Target, including its abundance of name-brand luggage.
    Hillary Maglin, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Lunchables aren’t the only name-brand food product students might encounter at school.
    Emily Heil, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Wayfair has a range of name-brand appliances marked down, including ones from GE, Samsung, and Frigidaire.
    Micki Wagner, Popular Mechanics, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Missing from the district is a single quality, name-brand grocery store, Thomas said.
    Leah Waters, Dallas News, 17 Mar. 2023
  • In some cases, the name-brand companies that eventually use their products can do so as well.
    Lisa Song, ProPublica, 15 June 2023
  • The mall’s current stores, services and food outlets include a mix of name-brand merchants, service centers and food outlets, much like the 1970 version.
    Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 3 June 2024
  • Even name-brand sneakers boast unbeatable prices, with the Reebok Women’s Princess Sneakers coming in at $39 for a limited time.
    Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2023
  • According to their website, the store carries name-brand items at lower prices and sells a variety of items from groceries to appliances and home goods.
    Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
  • How much cheaper are store brands? Store brands are typically cheaper than name-brand products.
    Amanda Pérez Pintado, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2023
  • That won’t stop people, from anonymous internet users to name-brand politicians, from quoting him anyway.
    Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Amazon has cheap sunglass options that look identical to name-brand options.
    Christopher Murray, Fox News, 29 May 2024
  • Even switching from name-brand drugs to generic versions can be problematic.
    Christina Caron, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The gourmet kitchen has name-brand, state-of-the-art appliances, custom cabinetry, eat-in islands, and decorative lighting.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The Fresh Foam line features super-cushioned midsoles that fans say rival other name-brand options and some runners prefer that this one isn’t so heavy on the arch support.
    Kristine Solomon, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2024
  • As more affluent drivers continue to buy name-brand tires, Tire Town’s price-conscious customers have been trading down, Cates said.
    Michael Grabell, ProPublica, 3 May 2023
  • Right now, the Amazon best-sellers are up to 32 percent off ahead of Prime Day, bringing their price tag down to just $36 — a fraction of the price of many name-brand hiking pants and still with an impressive quality to match.
    Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2023
  • Given that Taylor Swift is the most popular pop star on the planet — or maybe because of that — there’s been a surprising paucity of covers of her hundreds of tunes by other name-brand artists over the years.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Aug. 2023

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'name-brand.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: