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- noun Plural form of
namesake .
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Examples
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They are isometric to their namesakes, meaning that the Postscript font metrics are the same.
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They are isometric to their namesakes, meaning that the Postscript font metrics are the same.
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"namesakes" who, with steady hands, carry the torch of Gospel Truth up and down the dark places of the earth.
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But as Global English makes planetary gains, we can expect media stars to outnumber their ancient namesakes in more populated locations.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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But as Global English makes planetary gains, we can expect media stars to outnumber their ancient namesakes in more populated locations.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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It's just that, unlike Bon Jovi, Lady Gaga, Barack Obama, or Newt Gingrich, mine is anything but distinctive, so much so that I keep running into namesakes, starting with my college days when David Harris, anti-Vietnam activist and future husband of Joan Baez, surfaced.
David Harris: Will the Real David Harris Please Stand Up? David Harris 2011
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Most of the namesakes were babies or toddlers, which rarely fazed the 15-year veteran of the Chicago Cubs.
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To Anderson, Again UCLA Anderson School of Management received its largest cash donation last week, with a $25 million gift from its namesakes, John E. and Marion Anderson.
B-School Bulletin 2011
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Like their small-t namesakes, Tourists are well advised to leave trust behind, but unlike tourists or even expats like myself, their travels are nearly always solo, and there's no possibility of finding love in exotic locales.
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How much do individual chapters follow the plots and/or characters of their namesakes?
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