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adjective

as in named

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verb

past tense of christen
as in dubbed
to give a name to christened the new baby "Ophelia"

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Recent Examples of christened
Verb
Charli xcx’s new album has been christened Music, Fashion, Film and will be released July 24 through Atlantic. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 1 June 2026 Prior to departing from Bergen in early June, the AUV was formally christened in accordance with maritime tradition. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 22 June 2026 The property, aptly christened Tall Timber, sprawls across an impressive 200 acres amid the San Juan National Forest. — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 11 June 2026 Appearing out of nowhere, with the kind of wide eyes that could suggest innocence or psychopathy, Dale’s shadow (eventually christened Dilly Dally and played by Natasha Roland) knows nothing and opens the door to everything. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 June 2026 Fresh off the glow of his summit with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, Mayor Brandon Johnson signaled Friday that Chicago could be due for another street or landmark christened after a pontiff. — Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026 Their technology, christened the Liquid Metal Magnetohydrodynamic Actuator (LIMA) pump, is a miniature soft pump designed to replace bulky compressors and rigid pumping systems that currently limit soft robotic technologies. — New Atlas, 12 June 2026 That idea became Taqueria Hoy (originally christened Taqueria De Anda, the ones owned by Rafael De Anda were later rebranded in 2020), the Orange County taqueria founded in 1980 and now operated by De Anda and his sons. — Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 3 June 2026 The revered legacy of civil rights leader and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall was celebrated Saturday in San Diego, where the Navy christened a massive fuel ship in his name at the General Dynamics-NASSCO shipyard. — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for christened
  1. designated
  2. named
  3. dubbed
  4. called
  5. termed
  6. labeled
  7. nominated
Adjective
  • Rounded tables naturally encourage conversation and connection because everyone faces one another equally; there's no designated head of the table, and, as Austin points out, there are no bad seats.
    — Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 June 2026
Definition of designated
Verb
  • During Thursday evening’s Board of Commissioners meeting, officials unanimously, and with no additional discussion, approved Johnston’s exit agreement and named Assistant County Administrator Alan Howze as his replacement for the rest of the year.
    — Sofi Zeman July 2, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026
  • The birds — a female named Långet, and two males named Mames and Sindålu — made their home on the island with the six other birds in September 2024, marking the first time since 1988 that Guam kingfishers have lived in the wild.
    — Finch Walker, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Definition of named
Verb
  • Fines for such infractions in West Newport Beach and the Peninsula — dubbed safety enhancement zones — will be tripled through July 6.
    — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
  • The celebrations also included a maritime ship show, dubbed Sail4th 250, in the harbor and a flyover by the Blue Angels.
    — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 4 July 2026
Definition of dubbed
Verb
  • Mauney, widely seen as the best rider of his generation and someone who braved the hardest bulls to ride, had to retire in 2023 after a neck break on a bull called Arctic Assassin.
    — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
  • Fireflies go through four life stages – egg, larva, pupa and adult – in a process called complete metamorphosis.
    — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 5 July 2026
Definition of called
Verb
  • The winner will replace Assemblymember Tom Lackey, R-Palmdale, who is termed out.
    — Linh Tat, Daily News, 27 June 2026
  • The latter are often associated with what might be termed the silovaya ideologiya—a security-state ideology that emphasises a strong state, the primacy of state interests over private interests, great-power status, and strict domestic order.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 18 June 2026
Definition of termed
Verb
  • Daniela DaSuta, founder of SommSpace in Austin, recommends looking for wines labeled Alto Adige, Collio, Collio Goriziano or Friuli Colli Orientali, all benchmark areas for the variety.
    — Devin Parr, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • He's been labeled a hoaxer and scammer by some, but that has done nothing to slow him down.
    — Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of labeled
Verb
  • Winning another Emmy is off the table, though, making this a race between the gifted Seehorn, a perennial Emmy underachiever, and Russell, nominated five times as actor and still looking for her first trophy.
    — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • Plus, which Best Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, and Actress contenders at the Oscars this year could potentially see double nomination now that the Academy has lifted its ban on actors being nominated multiple times in the same category.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 July 2026
Definition of nominated

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