How to Use namesake in a Sentence

namesake

noun
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  • How much did President George Bush influence his son and namesake George W. Bush?
  • But by the 1970s, the sign and its namesake were again in bad shape.
    — Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Bird-of-paradise plants don't have to be at home in the tropics to produce their namesake spiky blooms.
    — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The tribute band will be sure to play its namesake tune, since this is the 50th anniversary for the album.
    — Joan Rusek, cleveland, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The teams practiced and trained in the Arlington, Texas, area, then traveled to play true home games in their namesake cities.
    — Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 13 May 2023
  • The value of bitcoin ETFs is tethered to the price of their namesake currency.
    — Aaron Gregg, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2024
  • One part was brought to its namesake city in Spain; the other was delivered to the Vatican.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 26 May 2023
  • Giving the powerful monologue that’s at the heart of the movie to Gloria, rather than the film’s namesake, felt more earned, Gerwig told The Times.
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2023
  • Daunt himself owns a namesake chain of nine local bookstores in Great Britain.
    — Byphil Wahba, Fortune, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Birth was Boston — not the erudite one but a namesake village in upstate New York.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Despite their name, the bears come in a wide range of colors, from a golden brown through to a deep reddish one, as well as their namesake black.
    — Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Please stop this nonsense which seems to be a specialty of Christian who should live up to his namesake.
    — Christian Schneider, National Review, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The mini-whale’s rapid life cycle is reminiscent of the short life of King Tut, its namesake.
    — Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The namesake museum, just across the road, is home to a famous collection of mummies.
    — Tom Vanderbilt, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Scarr Pimentel, the restaurateur and namesake of the pizza shop, teamed up with Ryan Chadwick to open the new spot last weekend.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The video introduced the artist’s alter ego Scarlet, the namesake of her new album, who walks the streets naked save for a head-to-toe coating of fresh blood.
    — Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Two of the store's namesake sisters accuse the owner of cheating them ― and consumers ― out of millions of dollars.
    — Robert Anglen, The Arizona Republic, 8 May 2023
  • Unlike the dainty cottontail, this desert denizen has a namesake black tail.
    — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Oct. 2023
  • That does not mean Meta is backing away from its namesake metaverse plans, Mr. Zuckerberg said.
    — Mike Isaac, New York Times, 8 June 2023
  • The world may never know, but Jimmy Kimmel, at the very least, attempted to find out on the Monday (Oct. 30) episode of his namesake late night talk show.
    — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Terrace set out to write a book about how Nim had crossed the language barrier and, in so doing, made a monkey of his namesake.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Balboa Park, as one of the largest urban cultural parks in the country, may be his biggest namesake.
    — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2023
  • The three-part prequel explores the origins of its namesake, a hotel-for-assassins that served as the central hub of the John Wick franchise.
    — Clark Collis, EW.com, 13 June 2023
  • Staghorn Fern This indoor fern draws attention for two reasons: their namesake forked fronds that look a bit like antlers and their unique growth.
    — Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Though the series doesn't actually film in the Outer Banks, the show has many ties to its namesake and the history behind it.
    — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 15 May 2023
  • So Odysseus, like its namesake, is on a long, lonely voyage, hoping to break the streak and be the first to reach its destination safely.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 15 Feb. 2024
  • All meteor watchers should head out after dark and look up to the constellation Perseus (which is the namesake of the shower), found in the northern part of the sky.
    — oregonlive, 8 Aug. 2023
  • As with his classical namesake, a higher power has hindered him on his way to war.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The name Cassie, shared by both her protagonists, also feels like something of a namesake — or an alter ego.
    — Jessica Ferri, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023
  • Landmarks include the historic namesake lighthouse, first built in 1859.
    — Laura Ratliff, Country Living, 25 May 2023

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