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also monicker
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as in nickname
a descriptive or familiar name given instead of or in addition to the one belonging to an individual
seeing as no respectable rodeo performer could possibly be known as Leslie, a suitably masculine moniker was created for him
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as in name
a word or combination of words by which a person or thing is regularly known
"Cornelius Jedidiah Beauregard" is his rather unwieldy moniker
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Recent Examples of moniker
Curiously, this isn’t the first Reebok sneaker to carry the DMX Series 3000 moniker.
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Riley Jones, Footwear News, 4 Feb. 2026
The Athletics remain the only MLB team without a geographic team moniker.
—Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 3 Feb. 2026
The Disney moniker has more brand value and name recognition with consumers around the world than any other Hollywood brand.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 3 Feb. 2026
In fact, much of the Pre-Grammy Gala reminds one of nuptials (or as some guests endearingly refer to it as, Clive’s Bar Mitzvah; Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl also coined the moniker Clive-Aid).
—Rob Ledonne, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2026
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Riley Jones, Footwear News, 4 Feb. 2026
The Athletics remain the only MLB team without a geographic team moniker.
—Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 3 Feb. 2026
The Disney moniker has more brand value and name recognition with consumers around the world than any other Hollywood brand.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 3 Feb. 2026
In fact, much of the Pre-Grammy Gala reminds one of nuptials (or as some guests endearingly refer to it as, Clive’s Bar Mitzvah; Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl also coined the moniker Clive-Aid).
—Rob Ledonne, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for moniker
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For three quarters, The Dark Side – the intimidating nickname bestowed upon this group – held Drake Maye and the Patriots offense to 78 yards.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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During an annular solar eclipse, the moon covers a majority of the sun, leaving a distinct ring of light, hence the nickname 'ring of fire' eclipse.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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The department has made public millions of documents under the Epstein Files Transparency Act but has withheld millions more that officials contend would reveal the names of people who accused Epstein of abuse or cover the department's legal analysis of the case.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
10 Feb. 2026
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The speech and debate clause, under Article 1, Section 6, of the Constitution, gives these members immunity from liability for defamation when reading the list of names aloud in court.—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Feb. 2026
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On that day, the mob hurled racist epithets, smoke bombs, and fists at him.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
4 Feb. 2026
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Vice Mayor Darian Martin, who is Black, condemned Urbom’s use of the racial epithet.—
Theo Karantsalis,
Miami Herald,
28 Jan. 2026
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In some ways it was set up to fail from the moment those infamous quotation marks around the title were revealed; an attempt by Fennell to get ahead of the very criticisms that have been published this week.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
12 Feb. 2026
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The Hornets went 80-19 and won four CIF San Diego Section championships and three state titles in Carter’s time on the Lincoln staff.—
John Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Feb. 2026
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Despite its nomenclature, Tesla’s current system called Full Self-Driving (Supervised), or FSD, is not fully autonomous.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
5 Feb. 2026
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So this whole nomenclature is BS, right?—
Maya Singer,
Vogue,
1 Feb. 2026
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The Dem-Gaz did not make that designation for itself.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Feb. 2026
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At the same time, Bolsonaro and his supporters were also pursuing a foreign terrorist designation for two groups — Comando Vermelho and Primeiro Comando da Capital.—
Evandro Cruz Silva,
The Dial,
10 Feb. 2026
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In the inside part of the apartment building’s mailbox — accessible only to building management and mail carriers — law enforcement found notes indicating that mail should be delivered to Cynthia’s apartment for several of the pseudonyms used in the scheme, authorities said.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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Skattebo’s side also includes popular Madden livestreamer Kylie Cox, who goes by the pseudonym Sketch online.—
Devon Henderson,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Moniker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moniker. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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