How to Use name-brand in a Sentence

name-brand

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  • 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
  • Consumers often pay a premium for name-brand items, but that’s not true in all cases this year.
    Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 20 Nov. 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
  • Major telehealth clinics jumped in to sell these products online at a fraction of the price of their name-brand counterparts.
    Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Missing from the district is a single quality, name-brand grocery store, Thomas said.
    Leah Waters, Dallas News, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The market capitalization for the name-brand firm is $506 million.
    John Navin, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • Shop store brand items: Store brands are typically cheaper than name-brand products.
    Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 12 Sep. 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
  • Most makers who identified with the independent label toiled in the shadows, far from the klieg lights that shone on their name-brand competitors.
    Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • The name-brand versions of cranberry sauce were less expensive than the store brands the team inventoried, while the name brand pumpkin pies versus store brand versions were the same price.
    Anne D'innocenzio, Fortune, 21 Nov. 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

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