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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July: Meryll Rogge is named as the new creative director of Marni.—
Laird Borrelli-Persson,
Vogue,
15 July 2025 -
Atrium Ljungberg, White Arkitekter The first part of the development, a residential area of 80 apartments named Kvarter 7, will be completed by the end of 2025, while White Arkitekter is working on designs for Sickla’s first office block.—
Lucy Handley,
CNBC,
15 July 2025
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Instead, call the APS Outage Hotline at 602-371-3680 or 1-855-688-2437 or visit aps.com/outage.—
Russ Wiles,
The Arizona Republic,
14 Feb. 2023
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Congress might also call on President Biden to ban TikTok under the IEEPA.—
Emily Baker-White,
Forbes,
14 Feb. 2023
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Two men of strikingly disparate height are dubbed Mutt and Jeff.—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 July 2025
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The announcement is the latest stepping stone of a 2021 $2.3 billion partnership dubbed Ultium Cells.—
Stuart Dyos,
The Tennessean,
18 July 2025
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Stability Of Stablecoins Any stablecoin whose basic function is stability with respect to a single fiat currency can only be assured by holding liquid reserves denominated in that fiat.—
Vipin Bharathan,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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Turkish savers revolted against the lira, with nearly 70% of bank deposits denominated in or indexed to foreign currencies by the peak in 2022-2023.—
Matthew C. Klein,
semafor.com,
17 July 2025
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The researchers labeled the classes descriptively: Social/Behavioral: Children who exhibit strong autistic traits like repetitive behaviors and social difficulties yet follow typical developmental timelines.—
William A. Haseltine,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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Women of color are thought to use twice as many products, according to Consumer Reports. Despite mounting scientific research into the dangers posed by toxic chemicals, little has been done to ban them or at least label them on cosmetics.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
21 July 2025
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The election postponement will give current city commissioners and the mayor — who is termed out at the end of the year — an extra year in office.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
14 July 2025
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Even modern scientists had yet to recognize the features, with subsequent academic research in 2015 terming them dune decomposition chimneys.—
Mike Bezemek,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 July 2025
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Building on this, another study, titled Back to the Present: How the Direction of Mental Time Travel Affects Similarity and Saving, explores deliberate foresight.—
Wes Moss,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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The show, titled Judge Judy, premiered on Sept. 16, 1996 and quickly became a cultural phenomenon.—
Allison DeGrushe Published,
EW.com,
21 July 2025
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Steger sought out Brother Justus’s surviving family members, receiving their blessing to christen his distillery with his name.—
Jeanette Hurt,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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And what had been a scoreless early ballgame suddenly became a 3-0 Brewers lead, with Vaughn going deep to left to christen his Brewers debut with a home run.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 July 2025
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