byname
noun
by-name
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a variation of
byname.
Example Sentences
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Each action involves months of preparation, developing a by-name list of people in the encampment and offering shelter at a county-purchased motel in Lancaster.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
They talk over cases and add any new names to the by-name list that now has about 300 entries, some in shelter or housing, some still on the street and many recorded as missing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2024
The Authority said it’s building a technology platform that would allow it to manage by-name data on a larger scale, and that it could be another useful way to count its homeless population.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 4, 2022
In two years, Everett’s specialized team has found some form of housing for 14 chronically homeless people on its by-name list.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 13, 2017
His daughter was named Steinvor, a pretty girl and well set up; her by-name was Slim-ankles.
From The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald by W. G. (William Gershom) Collingwood
