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there's always one person stuck with cleaning up the mess, namely me
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Even Bennington's family, namely mother Susan Eubanks and son Jaime Bennington, criticized the lineup change.
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Edward Segarra, USA Today, 21 July 2025
Those trends continued into the second quarter and constitute a clear warning sign largely being overlooked, namely that households are indeed reducing their discretionary spending, according to the note.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 20 July 2025
For the modern update, Nintendo has tweaked the design slightly, incorporating controls specific to the Switch 2–namely the Home, screen capture, and C buttons—at the top of the pad, and added a tiny new ZL button on the left-hand shoulder.
—Matt Kamen, Wired News, 20 July 2025
But as several panelists pointed out, the WHI studied specific types of hormone formulations, namely conjugated equine estrogen and medroxyprogesterone acetate.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 18 July 2025
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Edward Segarra, USA Today, 21 July 2025
Those trends continued into the second quarter and constitute a clear warning sign largely being overlooked, namely that households are indeed reducing their discretionary spending, according to the note.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 20 July 2025
For the modern update, Nintendo has tweaked the design slightly, incorporating controls specific to the Switch 2–namely the Home, screen capture, and C buttons—at the top of the pad, and added a tiny new ZL button on the left-hand shoulder.
—Matt Kamen, Wired News, 20 July 2025
But as several panelists pointed out, the WHI studied specific types of hormone formulations, namely conjugated equine estrogen and medroxyprogesterone acetate.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 18 July 2025
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“Namely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/namely. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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namely
adverb
name·ly
ˈnām-lē 
: that is to say
the cat family, namely, lions, tigers, and related animals
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