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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective given or having a specified name. Contrasted to
unnamed . - adjective bearing the author's name. Opposite of
anonymous .
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- adjective Having a
name . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
name .
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Examples
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In 2002, he and his son Quincy Steele introduced another label named Writer's Block.
SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter Carey Sweet 2011
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Other releases of note: the debut from The Mynabirds, featuring Laura Burhenn (formerly of locals Georgie James); "Fearless Love" by Melissa Etheridge; some wonderful vintage indie-pop from the Lodger on Slumberland Records; and excellent get-the-point garage rock from Unnatural Helpers on Hardly Art. (The label named after a lyric from the best Thermals song, of course.)
Week ahead: My Morning Jacket at Merriweather, Hole finally releases new CD 2010
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Phil Jimenez introduced a love interest for Wonder Woman during his run on the title named Trevor Barnes.
Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #130 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2007
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Did you know that there's a phrase named after you called 'The Zach Braff Effect', making unknown bands a hit by putting them on a soundtrack?
Evening Standard - Home Hannah Nathanson 2012
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Sir George, within the term named, had returned to
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That's basically the best way I can describe "Broderism" -- a term named after the David "Dean Of Fancy Pants" Broder, who will probably be canonized in some ritual at one of the next No Labels public events.
Is The 'No Labels' Movement Secretly Brilliant? Jason Linkins 2010
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That's basically the best way I can describe "Broderism" -- a term named after the David "Dean Of Fancy Pants" Broder, who will probably be canonized in some ritual at one of the next No Labels public events.
'No Labels': Is Its Awesome Stupidity Secretly Brilliant? The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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That's basically the best way I can describe "Broderism" -- a term named after the David "Dean Of Fancy Pants" Broder, who will probably be canonized in some ritual at one of the next No Labels public events.
Is The 'No Labels' Movement Secretly Brilliant? Jason Linkins 2010
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"Pareto optimality," a term named after the Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto (1848 – 1923), is defined as an allocation of economic resources that produces the greatest good.
A Government Failure, Not a Market Failure By John H. Makin 2009
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S: He it is Who created you from clay, then He decreed a term; and there is a term named with Him; still you doubt.
Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side Abdullah Yusuf Ali 1902
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