surnamed

past tense of surname

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for surnamed
Verb
  • On September 7, dog owner Brittany U'Wren was devastated to learn that her rescue Shitzu mix, named Lexi, had escaped through the garage and disappeared from her home in Lexington, Kentucky.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • During Tuesday's media availability, Swinney addressed concerns about Clemson's 1-2 start by pointing to the track record since he was named head coach in 2009.
    Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • However, instead of dedicated keys, leaping is merely a part of THE's internal command line, termed the Humane Quasimode, where other commands can be sent.
    Cameron Kaiser, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Environmental scientists have already termed this project a ‘vanity height’ construction – building far beyond practicality merely for record-breaking purposes.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The confab did not swerve the big issues, illustrated by a session dubbed ‘Stories For Tomorrow’ on how Israeli and Palestinian writers can collaborate.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The spirit tunnel, as the talk show has dubbed it, features crew members singing and clapping as guests on the show walk down a hallway to the set.
    Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Like LemFi, Kredete is rolling out user bank accounts denominated in euros and dollars.
    Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • NurPhoto via Getty Images Russia redirected oil exports to Asia, often denominated in non-dollar currencies.
    Ilona Limonta-Volkova, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Dolphins christened the club’s 60th season with one of the most shameful performances in franchise annals.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
  • At the time, the future Robert Ballard was expected to be christened in 2024, but Bollinger Shipyards, struggling over the past several years to absorb two new shipyards, has yet to launch the vessel.
    Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Comeback follows Kudrow, now 62, as a sitcom star whose fame has faded away and attempts to document her return to entertainment and acting in a new sitcom titled Room and Bored on a reality television series called The Comeback.
    Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Her debut poetry collection titled Someone Else’s Hunger will be published by Four Way Books on September 15, 2025.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Harris created a spinoff starring Guillaume, entitled Benson, which followed the character’s ascent from household service to public service (as the lieutenant governor).
    Time, Time, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The video serves as an ad for a benefit concert, entitled Together for Palestine, taking place Wednesday night at Wembley Stadium in London.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In Ireland’s largest diocese of Dublin, nearly twice as many adults were baptized this Easter as a year earlier, many of them young adults who were new to the country, church leaders said, while London’s Archdiocese of Westminster had the largest number of adult baptisms this Easter since 2018.
    Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
  • That is what remains of the church in which Marlowe was baptized, on February 26, 1564—two months to the day before Shakespeare was baptized, in Stratford-Upon-Avon.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Surnamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surnamed. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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