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there's always one person stuck with cleaning up the mess, namely me
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However, current legislators who won their seats in 2018 - namely, Jalen Anderson - are exempt from the new term limits and will be eligible to run for a third term in August.
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Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 5 Apr. 2026
This matters for future shareholders, namely those buying shares after the IPO, as substantial value has already been transferred to insiders before public investors bought shares.
—Brad Badertscher, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2026
Since then, there have been two completely independent companies, namely RUAG International Holding AG and RUAG MRO Holding AG.
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The Mercury and Air Toxics Standards were created in 2012 to restrict pollution from coal and oil-fired power plants – namely mercury, a neurotoxin that can cause brain and nervous system damage.
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Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 5 Apr. 2026
This matters for future shareholders, namely those buying shares after the IPO, as substantial value has already been transferred to insiders before public investors bought shares.
—Brad Badertscher, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2026
Since then, there have been two completely independent companies, namely RUAG International Holding AG and RUAG MRO Holding AG.
—Simon Akam, Vanity Fair, 2 Apr. 2026
The Mercury and Air Toxics Standards were created in 2012 to restrict pollution from coal and oil-fired power plants – namely mercury, a neurotoxin that can cause brain and nervous system damage.
—Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 1 Apr. 2026
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“Namely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/namely. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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namely
adverb
name·ly
ˈnām-lē 
: that is to say
the cat family, namely, lions, tigers, and related animals
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