Examples of family name in a Sentence
Her family name is Smith.
searched for their family name on a popular genealogy website
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Next is the Aorus Elite 16, another laptop with a family name derived from Gigabyte’s motherboard offerings.
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& Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG, 12 Jan. 2025
The weight of his family name has been heavy and the request was made to the EFL for the younger Bellingham to carry Jobe on the back of his shirt shortly after arriving at the Stadium of Light.
—The Athletic Uk Staff, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
If family names and trendy baby names for 2025 aren’t buttering your baby bread, perhaps some of the names shared by Redditors in the thread, that seem to take inspiration from food, will be your, well, cup of tea.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 5 Dec. 2024
In the Shakespear play (Romeo and Juliet) two feuding families prevent the main characters from being together because of the family name.
—Joshua D. Smeltzer, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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& Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG, 12 Jan. 2025
The weight of his family name has been heavy and the request was made to the EFL for the younger Bellingham to carry Jobe on the back of his shirt shortly after arriving at the Stadium of Light.
—The Athletic Uk Staff, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
If family names and trendy baby names for 2025 aren’t buttering your baby bread, perhaps some of the names shared by Redditors in the thread, that seem to take inspiration from food, will be your, well, cup of tea.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 5 Dec. 2024
In the Shakespear play (Romeo and Juliet) two feuding families prevent the main characters from being together because of the family name.
—Joshua D. Smeltzer, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Family name.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20name. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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