noun incorporation

The proper noun when spoken can be confused for the common noun.
The Zen of Yo|Dale Eisinger|August 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The noun “mechanicals” refers to any physical reproduction of a composed and performed work—that is, “canned music.”
Van Dyke Parks on How Songwriters Are Getting Screwed in the Digital Age|Van Dyke Parks|June 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“The Great Depression” as a proper noun only came into popular use in the 1950s, long after the event was over.
Our Ruling Ideology Is Denial|Eugene Linden|May 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When I shut off the radio, the last word I hear must be a noun—not a verb, or adjective, or preposition.
A.J. Jacobs: How I Write|Noah Charney|May 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Star Trek (noun) Science-fiction franchise launched on television in 1966.
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The place was used as a lock-up for some time after the incorporation, and the old irons were kept on show for years.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
I can find no authority for making it a collective noun, as Bell suggests.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
There ought to be complete incorporation, if such incorporation be possible.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
Johnnie Bones prepared the papers for the incorporation of the new railroad, and the organization was perfected.
Scattergood Baines|Clarence Budington Kelland
This often becomes an abstract feminine noun, answering to the French termination -ée; armée in Mistral's language isPg 56 armado.
Frdric Mistral|Charles Alfred Downer

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