How to Use brand-name in a Sentence

brand-name

1 of 2 adjective
  • Advil and Motrin are both brand-name drugs that contain ibuprofen.
    — Dory Zayas, Parents, 30 July 2024
  • There's no way for patients to know which brand-name drugs used Synapse research.
    — Anna Edney Bloomberg News (wpns), arkansasonline.com, 10 July 2024
  • That this take on brand-name I.P. doubles as a whimsical, warm bear hug of film just feels like a bonus.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025
  • The bottom line: The balance of power is shifting back to the brand-name GLP-1 drugmakers.
    — Nathan Bomey, Axios, 3 Oct. 2024
  • But the problem doesn’t stop with snail slime; there are allegedly fake brand-name perfumes and trendy to-go cups.
    — WIRED, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Most brand-name lip oils average $25, with some even costing up to $40.
    — Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping, 9 May 2023
  • That is seen as a sign of Clark’s continued brand-name appeal, more than a decade after his death.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 20 Nov. 2023
  • As a result, there are a few key differences to note in how brand-name and compounded GLP-1s come to be.
    — Erica Sloan, SELF, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Generic Viagra can cost up to 80% less than the brand-name version.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2023
  • One strategy of theirs has been to give brand-name filmmakers a whole lot of trust — and money.
    — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Prices for brand-name drugs in the U.S. are, on average, three times higher than those in other countries.
    — Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
  • It can be purchased as a generic or brand-name product, such as Unisom.
    — Ayesha Gulzar, Verywell Health, 4 Feb. 2025
  • A good many brand-name directors made movies this year, fine films that don’t quite reach the first tier of their filmographies.
    — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2023
  • The high costs of brand-name drugs Underpayments aren’t only seen for drugs like Ozempic.
    — Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 2 Mar. 2023
  • For months, Democrats worried that No Labels, the centrist group that claimed to have a $70 million war chest, would field a brand-name candidate.
    — Reid J. Epstein, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Avoid choosing brand-name items based solely on the name or their color or visual appeal.
    — Kathy Moore and Roxanne Wyss, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Brenetta Smith used to buy brand-name foods like Oreos and Doritos without thinking twice.
    — Lora Kelley, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2023
  • According to a large database of public and proprietary records, 90% of the top 30 brand-name drugs sold in the U.S. are manufactured abroad.
    — Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 14 May 2025
  • Of course, good clothing is often synonymous with high-end, brand-name gear that costs a fortune, but keeping warm doesn’t always have to break the bank.
    — Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 20 Jan. 2024
  • The list prices of many brand-name prescription medications are nearly three times higher in the U.S. than in Canada.
    — Julia Ingram, Verywell Health, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Drugmakers raised prices on 60% of brand-name drugs last year, Kautzner said, adding that Express Scripts saved its members about $64 billion that year.
    — Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 23 July 2024
  • The shortage has forced patients to search for alternatives or pay for more expensive brand-name drugs.
    — Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2024
  • High-end, brand-name flats with extra jewelry can exceed $200.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Hannity continued to help Trump into the next campaign year, even as the brand-name journalists were heading for the door.
    — Jim Rutenberg, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Grocery Outlet, the chain known for discounting brand-name groceries, saw a similar trend in the first quarter.
    — Carly Olson, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2023
  • Also, brand-name drug list prices have been increasing faster than the rate of general inflation for decades.
    — Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
  • In the next few years, additional brand-name GLP-1 agonist drugs will likely make it to market.
    — C. Michael White, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2024
  • These store-brand products are usually cheaper than brand-name ones but are much more profitable for the retailer.
    — Alina Selyukh, NPR, 9 Sep. 2024
  • To be fair, very few of these performers are genuine 1970s cinema icons, not to mention the brand-name embodiment of a whole genre.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2025
  • In addition to getting cheaper knockoff drugs faster, European countries also pay far less than the United States for brand-name products.
    — Jackie Fortiér, NPR, 13 May 2025

brand name

2 of 2 noun
  • The drug is sold under several brand names.
  • The study did not release the brand names of the gums that were tested.
    — Gretchen Eichenberg, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The Pfizer shot now will be known in the U.S. by the brand name Comirnaty.
    — Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Aug. 2021
  • Like the others, the new brand name was a puzzle: Pemily12.
    — Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2021
  • Gilead will sell the drug under the brand name Veklury.
    — NBC News, 22 Oct. 2020
  • Haier, based in Qingdao, China, has the rights to use the GE brand name through 2056.
    — Jeff Amy, ajc, 21 Dec. 2021
  • Here’s where the mini mandarins—brand name: Cuties—come in.
    — Time, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Ozempic is the brand name for a drug called semaglutide.
    — Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Popular Science, 8 Jan. 2023
  • The source claims that Pixel Notepad is the working brand name for the handset.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 15 Jan. 2022
  • It is sold under the brand name Mifeprex and sometimes known as RU-486.
    — Stephanie Armour, WSJ, 3 Feb. 2022
  • Despite the brand name, these chairs are suitable for adults, too.
    — Samantha S. Thorpe, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The red onions have a sticker with the brand name, Pacific Gold.
    — NBC News, 12 Aug. 2020
  • Cialis is the brand name for the drug Tadalafil, which is used to treat erectile dysfunction.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2021
  • Take photos of the luggage and note the brand name and dimensions.
    — New York Times, 9 July 2022
  • Creighton was one of three teams to join the seven schools that bolted from the old Big East and purchased the brand name.
    — Dom Amore, courant.com, 20 Dec. 2020
  • Almost all of these references relate to the brand name of the fund.
    — Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2021
  • CoolSculpting is the brand name of a system that freezes and damages fat cells.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 22 Aug. 2022
  • The onions here were available under the brand name Green Giant Fresh in 2, 3, and 5-pound bags.
    — Yoni Heisler, BGR, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Available in silver and red, this machine has the brand name printed on the front.
    — Tanya Edwards, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2022
  • The drug will be marketed under the brand name Pyrukynd.
    — Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 18 Feb. 2022
  • Importantly, the brand name does not limit the duo to bags.
    — Amy Verner, Vogue, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The product is available under the brand name Green Field Farms.
    — Yoni Heisler, BGR, 25 Sep. 2021
  • Don't be afraid to swap out brand name for generic products if there's a coupon.
    — Kelsey Hurwitz, Woman's Day, 26 Apr. 2020
  • Her first creation was a pair of leggings printed with the brand name.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 28 Apr. 2022
  • The effort to bring the product, sold under the brand name Opill, to the market was more than two decades in the making.
    — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2024
  • These products are sold under the brand name Afrin and others.
    — Lucas Berenbrok, Fortune Well, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Nodax is the brand name of a resin that belongs to a family of plastics known as PHAs.
    — Saabira Chaudhuri, WSJ, 20 Mar. 2021
  • His youngest child, Laurie Edling, said the brand name was a constant reminder of their loss.
    — Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Lorazepam is a generic drug produced by different companies and is sometimes referred to by its brand name, Ativan.
    — Valeriya Safronova, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
  • The company owns and operates more than 700 stores, restaurants and bars under its own name and familiar local and international brand names.
    — Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 May 2025

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