as in to name
to give a name to
the brewpub, yclept Ye Olde Taverne, has been decorated in Merrie Olde England to within an inch of its life
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The United Kingdom's National Oceanography Centre was testing the sub, which was named Boaty McBoatface in a viral online poll in 2016, when mooring for the camera system got tangled in its propeller, the center said in a statement Monday.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
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The soccer star, 35, welcomed her second baby, a son named Enzo, with husband Servando Carrasco, sharing the happy news with a joint post on Instagram on Sunday, March 30.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Marx himself would call DEI a classic case of ideology, a set of benign-seeming ideas that disguise the workings of the rulers, in this case empowered progressives.—
WSJ,
WSJ,
14 Feb. 2023
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However, today most young people rarely call each other.—
Andrea Wigfield,
CNN,
14 Feb. 2023
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In a February interview with Gary Wentz, ULA vice president of Government and Commercial Programs, said that the upcoming launch for Amazon, dubbed Kuiper 1 by ULA and Kuiper Atlas 1 (KA-01) by Amazon, was the first of many planned for the year.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
4 Apr. 2025
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Both Bloomberg and The Information reported last month that a number of these AI models, which Microsoft has dubbed MAI, produced results that proved competitive with rival products from OpenAI and Anthropic on accepted benchmarks.—
Ece Yildirim,
Quartz,
4 Apr. 2025
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Unlike a limited token offer by traditional financial peers, Revolut offers more than 220 tokens with a total of 400+ pairs denominated in three major fiat –US dollar, euros, and sterling.—
Javier Paz,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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There’s a great irony in the bulk of the world’s stablecoins being denominated in USD and yet originating from overseas, out of necessity because of the previous administration.—
Sean Lee,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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For labelling, the team linked parts of enzymes that stick to cellulose to a non-toxic green fluorescent marker that could be used in live cells.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
4 Apr. 2025
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Like many communities across the US, the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown has sent a wave of fear through the Central American community in Maryland, whose members told CNN they have been unfairly targeted by the administration or labeled as gang members without evidence.—
Polo Sandoval,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2025
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There’s also a change in the way events are termed.—
Cory Mull,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Due to what the network termed ‘technical difficulties,’ at least the first two periods of the Sharks game against the Leafs, which began shortly after 7:30 p.m., was unavailable to some cable television customers, namely those with Xfinity.—
Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
28 Mar. 2025
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Both will appear on the band’s forthcoming fourth LP, which has yet to be titled.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
4 Apr. 2025
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Fans will have to wait to see whether Menzel and Chenoweth appear in the second-installment of the film — titled Wicked: For Good, after the aforementioned tune.—
Dave Quinn,
People.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Winemaker Mark Wenzel tells Axios that former first lady Michelle Obama even used one of his bottles to christen the USS Illinois.—
Ben Berkowitz,
Axios,
19 Mar. 2025
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One hippo, christened Pepe, escaped the estate and was killed by the authorities in 2009.—
Devika Girish,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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“Clepe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clepe. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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