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as in nickname
a descriptive or familiar name given instead of or in addition to the one belonging to an individual
seeing as no respectable rodeo performer could possibly be known as Leslie, a suitably masculine moniker was created for him
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as in denomination
a word or combination of words by which a person or thing is regularly known
"Cornelius Jedidiah Beauregard" is his rather unwieldy moniker
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Recent Examples of moniker
There are established tech giant stocks with the Wall Street moniker FAANG (Facebook/Meta, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google/Alphabet) and many unicorns in emerging artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and cybersecurity sectors.
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Roomy Khan, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Downpours forecast across the Caribbean this week could result in life-threatening conditions such as flash floods and mudslides − regardless of whether the disturbance earns a tropical storm moniker or not.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2024
Pascal Stevenson, also known by her moniker Fashion Club, has the peculiar gift of creating sonic landscapes by simply describing them aloud.
—Juan Velasquez, Them, 24 Oct. 2024
Although grocery is in the name, the store itself goes far beyond that moniker with a flower shop, apparel and sunglasses line, collaborations with fashion brands like Dover Street Market and a room dedicated to rare or specialty magazines and books.
—Emily Burns, WWD, 22 Oct. 2024
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Roomy Khan, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Downpours forecast across the Caribbean this week could result in life-threatening conditions such as flash floods and mudslides − regardless of whether the disturbance earns a tropical storm moniker or not.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2024
Pascal Stevenson, also known by her moniker Fashion Club, has the peculiar gift of creating sonic landscapes by simply describing them aloud.
—Juan Velasquez, Them, 24 Oct. 2024
Although grocery is in the name, the store itself goes far beyond that moniker with a flower shop, apparel and sunglasses line, collaborations with fashion brands like Dover Street Market and a room dedicated to rare or specialty magazines and books.
—Emily Burns, WWD, 22 Oct. 2024
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His work garnered him a few nicknames, more followers and a nice pay bump.Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2024
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However, because its peculiar shape was reminiscent of a clothes iron, the Flatiron nickname quickly stuck.Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2024
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Watch on Deadline The U.S. maintained an even larger system of Indian boarding schools than Canada, most of them run by Christian denominations, where abuse of children also flourished.Matthew Carey, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2024
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This was driven largely by liberal Christian denominations and the work of Christian theologians, particularly Paul Tillich and Reinhold Niebuhr.Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 27 Oct. 2024
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Today, the term is more often used as a negative epithet—but on her wise and poignant R&B album Heaux Tales, Jazmine Sullivan celebrates gossip’s emotional significance, showing the revelations and self-explorations that arise when women nurture community.Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
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Risqué language and colorful ethnics epithets flowed as liberally as the liquor, drawing the ire of a nearby diner who, while not nearly as famous, was at least as wealthy and possibly more influential.Lizz Schumer, People.com, 29 Sep. 2024
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Of course, those big franchise films did come up, and Saldaña offered some new perspective on her designation as a sci-fi standout and a franchise queen.Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2024
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White residents claimed Black residents were circulating a petition supporting the designation.Erin Alberty, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
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The last successful Maxwell model was called the Chrysler Six, so when Maxwell Motors reorganized, the name was changed to Chrysler Corp. with guess-who as its president and board chairman.David Krumboltz, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Adding poignancy, the narrative is interspersed with obituaries of some of the patients Shelly could not save, showing them as human beings and not just names on a medical chart.Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 10 Nov. 2024
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Some aficionados will argue that three complications is just a complicated watch, but four—and more certainly five—qualifies for the grand complication nomenclature.Sophie Furley, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024
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Brandon Gomes, a former pitcher who is now L.A.’s general manager, clarified the nomenclature.Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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But the Roos tied the game near the end of the first half and, with a man advantage, grabbed a winner to clinch their second-straight Summit League title, 2-1, on Saturday at DU Soccer Stadium.Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
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The organizations that allegedly published them, including the American Psychological Association and Pew Research Center, are real, but the titles cited in the document are not discoverable online.Emily Dreibelbis Forlini, PCMAG, 11 Nov. 2024
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King’s Running Man, published in 1982 and written under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, was set in 2025 in an America under a totalitarian regime that uses violent game shows to placate the disenfranchised masses.Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Oct. 2024
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He has been charged under the pseudonym John Doe 2.Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Moniker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moniker. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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