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phrase

  • Identified or referred to by a specific name, title, or description, often an alternative to the primary one.

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A chair he designed is known as the Platner chair and still sells, with its ottoman, for as much as $18,000.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

In a statement cited by Russian state media, Russia's Roscosmos space agency said that while pressurizing the transfer chamber, known as PrK, a leak was recorded.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

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  • referred to as
  • identified as
  • or what some people call
  • going by the name of
  • popularly called

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  • different from
  • not to be confused with
  • the one and only
  • separate from

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