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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
The room is called Election Night 2024, made by a user with the moniker AussieGuy92.
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Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 6 Nov. 2024
Regrettably, the catchy moniker has slinked into our vocabulary, and we are seemingly stuck with it.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
In fact, another beloved train also, confusingly, operates under the iconic moniker: the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express belongs to Belmond and travels occasionally through Italy.
—Jd Shadel, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2024
April brought an end to the NHL’s never-ending saga to secure a new arena in Arizona when Ryan and Ashley Smith bought the Arizona Coyotes and relocated the franchise to Salt Lake City under a temporary moniker, Utah Hockey Club.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 30 Oct. 2024
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Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 6 Nov. 2024
Regrettably, the catchy moniker has slinked into our vocabulary, and we are seemingly stuck with it.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
In fact, another beloved train also, confusingly, operates under the iconic moniker: the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express belongs to Belmond and travels occasionally through Italy.
—Jd Shadel, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2024
April brought an end to the NHL’s never-ending saga to secure a new arena in Arizona when Ryan and Ashley Smith bought the Arizona Coyotes and relocated the franchise to Salt Lake City under a temporary moniker, Utah Hockey Club.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 30 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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In the age to come, religious denomination, more than national citizenship, might conceivably prove the more relevant framework for identity and loyalty.Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
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Across the United States, the issue of women clergy is currently a focal point in several Christians denominations, including the Catholic Church, where women are not allowed to be ordained.Lisa Ling, CBS News, 19 Sep. 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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The city and county of San Francisco filed the lawsuit seeking an injunction on April 18, alleging trademark infringement, unfair competition and false designation of the airport, according to court documents.Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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The designation resulted in the Kansas City Chiefs running back missing the first four games of the regular season.Chantz Martin, Fox News, 9 Nov. 2024
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In its opening scene, from George Harrison’s 1971 Concert for Bangladesh, Preston starts singing the warmly exhorting gospel song that gives the film its name.David Browne, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2024
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Three years later, overturning the ban against college athletes making money from their name, image and likeness (also known as NIL) is having major payoffs.Tanya Chen, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Nov. 2024
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Though dramatic in nomenclature, a bomb cyclone is a low pressure system found north of the tropics and south of the Arctic that deepens, or intensifies, very rapidly over a 24-hour period.Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 21 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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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 30 Nov. 2024.
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