: a product that is made by a well-known company
clothing stores that sell name brands at low prices
: relating to or being a product that is made by a well-known company
name-brand clothing
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Lane Brown, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2024
The name brand, Cymbalta, is manufactured by Eli Lilly and Company, which launched the drug to the public in 2004 after FDA approval.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 17 Feb. 2025
That doesn't mean the free agent market is out of name-brand players, and the Yankees were able to get one to agree to terms on a minor league contract Monday.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
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Noun
But now that he’s made one of the most entertaining and unpredictable animal documentaries ever, and followed it with another that might be even more shocking, he seems destined to be a name brand.
—Lane Brown, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2024
The name brand, Cymbalta, is manufactured by Eli Lilly and Company, which launched the drug to the public in 2004 after FDA approval.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
Adjective
There’s always an audience for name-brand horror, but don’t expect this one to have long legs.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 17 Feb. 2025
That doesn't mean the free agent market is out of name-brand players, and the Yankees were able to get one to agree to terms on a minor league contract Monday.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
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“Name brand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/name%20brand. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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