as in especially
that is to say
there's always one person stuck with cleaning up the mess, namely me
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Recent Examples of namely
This poses a problem in practice, as almost all asylum seekers and irregular migrants tend to arrive in the EU via one of just a handful of countries, namely Italy and Greece (also previously Hungary).
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Frey Lindsay, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
This artistic process wouldn’t be possible without the acacia tree—namely the species Senegalia senegal and Vachellia seyal—a small, thorny, deciduous tree native to the Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan, west coastal India, and the semidesert regions of Africa.
—Erik Zou, JSTOR Daily, 25 Apr. 2025
Whether or not that will change in the coming weeks and months (evidence suggests prices will increase in the long run, namely when companies simply can't bear the burden of tax imports), who's to say?
—Sarah Han, Allure, 25 Apr. 2025
The gist though of the third step is still of an uplifting nature, namely that fostering AI adoption throughout the EU and especially in strategic EU sectors would be a worthy element of becoming an AI Continent.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
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Frey Lindsay, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
This artistic process wouldn’t be possible without the acacia tree—namely the species Senegalia senegal and Vachellia seyal—a small, thorny, deciduous tree native to the Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan, west coastal India, and the semidesert regions of Africa.
—Erik Zou, JSTOR Daily, 25 Apr. 2025
Whether or not that will change in the coming weeks and months (evidence suggests prices will increase in the long run, namely when companies simply can't bear the burden of tax imports), who's to say?
—Sarah Han, Allure, 25 Apr. 2025
The gist though of the third step is still of an uplifting nature, namely that fostering AI adoption throughout the EU and especially in strategic EU sectors would be a worthy element of becoming an AI Continent.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for namely
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May the risen Christ, our hope, grant peace and consolation to the African peoples who are victims of violence and conflict, especially in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in Sudan and South Sudan.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Not everyone experiences water retention when taking creatine, but some people may gain a small amount of water weight, especially when using a loading dose of creatine.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
21 Apr. 2025
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Others, such as New Jersey, have created protocols specifically for getting people with upcoming travel plans their new IDs quickly.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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Resuming trade Michael Hart, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in China, declined to comment specifically about Walmart but said a resumption in shipments was not a surprise.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2025
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Can hospital patients and the elderly be efficiently ferried to the bunkers that have been built specially for them?—
Jessi Jezewska Stevens,
The Dial,
24 Apr. 2025
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Choose products specially formulated for dry and/or curly hair.—
Heather Jones,
Verywell Health,
22 Apr. 2025
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White envisioned a truly global league; to wit, athletes at the first event in Aspen represent 10 countries and four continents.—
Michelle Bruton,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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Would the other 49 states nuke California to prevent her from leaving the Union? Which brings up the economic ramifications of California leaving the Union, a negative prospect for the rest of the nation to wit catastrophic and cataclysmic.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
1 Feb. 2025
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“Namely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/namely. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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