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as in nickname
a descriptive or familiar name given instead of or in addition to the one belonging to an individual
a soccer player whom everyone knows as "Mayhem," her adopted alias in the sports world that was created from her surname
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as in pseudonym
a fictitious or assumed name
the English author Eric Blair, better known under the alias of George Orwell
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Recent Examples of alias
Sachin alias Dhillu, 30, was taken into custody by police in connection with the killing of 22-year-old Himani Narwal, according to the Times of India, Hindustan Times and The Haryana Story.
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Nicole Acosta, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
Creating a dedicated or alias email address just for these requests helps protect your primary inbox and keeps things organized.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 May 2025
What To Know A number of donors to Hendrix's fundraiser have used aliases that refer to racial slurs, apparently swapping letters to avoid being removed.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
These aliases can be used to send and receive email and help keep your primary address private.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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Nicole Acosta, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
Creating a dedicated or alias email address just for these requests helps protect your primary inbox and keeps things organized.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 May 2025
What To Know A number of donors to Hendrix's fundraiser have used aliases that refer to racial slurs, apparently swapping letters to avoid being removed.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
These aliases can be used to send and receive email and help keep your primary address private.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alias
Noun
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McCallum earned his nickname by repeatedly punching the body and head.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
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It’s even named after his childhood nickname, Kurky.—
Celia Shatzman,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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The Hernandez family, using a pseudonym to protect their privacy, pleaded while in custody for staff to look at documentation from the hospital requesting permission to travel.—
Rebecca Beitsch,
The Hill,
2 June 2025
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In addition, Rowling has published five Comoran Strike novels under the Galbraith pseudonym since 2013.—
Matt Craig,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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The words were names, surnames, dates, cities and towns, sometimes with illustrations for reference, according to the release.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2025
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And that’s without mentioning him taking on his team’s name as his surname.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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The film shows footage of counter-protesters coming onto campus, slinging epithets.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
17 May 2025
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Shiloh Hendrix, the Minnesota mom filmed repeatedly saying the N-word after being accused of using that epithet to berate a child, has raised more than $750,000 since launching a fundraising campaign one week ago.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
8 May 2025
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Gravely lived up to that moniker Friday with a walk-off single for Santa Margarita in a 5-4 win over Los Alamitos in the CIF-SS Division 1 quarterfinals at Santa Margarita High.—
Michael Huntley,
Oc Register,
23 May 2025
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That painting, Past Times (1997), appeared in Marshall’s traveling retrospective and was won by Combs, also known by the moniker Diddy, at Sotheby’s.—
Alex Greenberger for ARTNews,
Robb Report,
23 May 2025
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“Alias.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alias. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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