How to Use name-brand in a Sentence

name-brand

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  • This rivals some name-brand earbuds that are five-times the price.
    — Tim Chan, Variety, 23 Mar. 2024
  • MoonPies and Little Debbie cakes rained by the box – the name-brand ones, mind you.
    — al, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Some of the more macho name-brand artists failed to curry favor this week.
    — Julia Halperin, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
  • Namely, that cows only have so many name-brand steaks to give.
    — Mrussell, oregonlive, 29 June 2023
  • Some monkeys wear name-brand clothing and sport gold chains around their thin, hairy necks.
    — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Some ads that claim to offer a great price for a name-brand product might instead send you a cheap knock-off.
    — Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The bottom line: The balance of power is shifting back to the name-brand drugmakers.
    — Nathan Bomey, Axios, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Keep scrolling to shop more on-sale comfy sandals that look so similar to the name-brand pairs celebs wear.
    — Nicola Fumo, Peoplemag, 10 July 2023
  • His gear isn’t name-brand and his trail food consists of instant noodles and granola bars.
    — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2024
  • The Caesar is a crowd-pleaser salad, a name-brand salad, a safe-bet salad.
    — Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2024
  • At a local warehouse club store, a big bag of name-brand kettle chips that cost me $4 last year costs nearly $8 now.
    — Howard Dvorkin, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Hedge funds are name-brand goods; when the name retires, the investments often follow.
    — Tarpley Hitt, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2023
  • That doesn't mean the free agent market is out of name-brand players, and the Yankees were able to get one to agree to terms on a minor league contract Monday.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Other factors, such as name-brand hams, a store specialty brand of ham, or how the ham is glazed or smoked are priced higher.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Consumers often pay a premium for name-brand items, but that’s not true in all cases this year.
    — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Although Hims & Hers began selling name-brand Ozempic last week, it is priced at $1,799 per month.
    — Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2024
  • There’s always an audience for name-brand horror, but don’t expect this one to have long legs.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 17 Feb. 2025
  • Most name-brand car rental companies (Avis, Enterprise, Hertz) quote all-in prices.
    — Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 3 June 2024
  • There’s so much to love about Target, including its abundance of name-brand luggage.
    — Hillary Maglin, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Lunchables aren’t the only name-brand food product students might encounter at school.
    — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Even name-brand shipyards can skimp on size and, more importantly, the quality of the beds for yachts costing tens of millions.
    — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Store-brand stuffing and dinner rolls were more affordable than the name-brand versions, Wells Fargo found.
    — John Towfighi, CNN, 24 Nov. 2024
  • Wayfair has a range of name-brand appliances marked down, including ones from GE, Samsung, and Frigidaire.
    — Micki Wagner, Popular Mechanics, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Major telehealth clinics jumped in to sell these products online at a fraction of the price of their name-brand counterparts.
    — Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Missing from the district is a single quality, name-brand grocery store, Thomas said.
    — Leah Waters, Dallas News, 17 Mar. 2023
  • And name-brand products are fighting back, sometimes with a wink and nudge and sometimes more aggressively.
    — Emma Sandler, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The market capitalization for the name-brand firm is $506 million.
    — John Navin, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
  • In some cases, the name-brand companies that eventually use their products can do so as well.
    — Lisa Song, ProPublica, 15 June 2023
  • The mall’s current stores, services and food outlets include a mix of name-brand merchants, service centers and food outlets, much like the 1970 version.
    — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 3 June 2024
  • The posters also assert that these goods, allegedly made in the same production lines as name-brand items, can be purchased for a fraction of the price if consumers bypass U.S. retailers.
    — Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025

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