1
: of or relating to a brand name
brand-name products
2
: having a well-known and usually highly regarded or marketable name
brand-name authors
the … party lacks brand-name guests or good food—
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: an arbitrarily adopted name that is given by a manufacturer or merchant to an article or service to distinguish it as produced or sold by that manufacturer or merchant and that may be used and protected as a trademark
2
: one having a well-known and usually highly regarded or marketable name
Examples of brand-name in a Sentence
Noun
The drug is sold under several brand names.
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Stephanie Armour, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2024
This loophole has led several digital health companies, online pharmacies, and wellness spas to produce and sell cheaper versions of brand-name weight loss drugs during recent shortages.
—Bruce Gil, Quartz, 30 Oct. 2024
Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
The cheeses were sold under several brand names—Aldi, La Bonne Vie, Market Basket and Supreme—but may all be contaminated with listeria after contact with the processing equipment at Savencia's Lena facility.
—Aliss Higham, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Adjective
The costs would be covered by savings from expanding Medicare's negotiations with drugmakers, reducing fraud, and increasing discounts drugmakers pay for certain brand-name drugs in the program, according to Harris' campaign.
—Stephanie Armour, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2024
This loophole has led several digital health companies, online pharmacies, and wellness spas to produce and sell cheaper versions of brand-name weight loss drugs during recent shortages.
—Bruce Gil, Quartz, 30 Oct. 2024
Noun
In her role as chief blender, Walker, who is no relation to the brand name, is tasked with creating flavor inspiration from the brand’s 10 million casks stored across Scotland—the world’s largest collection of whiskies to be exact.
—Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
The cheeses were sold under several brand names—Aldi, La Bonne Vie, Market Basket and Supreme—but may all be contaminated with listeria after contact with the processing equipment at Savencia's Lena facility.
—Aliss Higham, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Brand-name.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brand-name. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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