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The phrase "a face to the name" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used when referring to the process of associating a person's appearance with their name, often after hearing about them or communicating with them without having met in person.
Example: "After our video call, I finally have a face to the name I've been hearing about for months."
Alternatives: "put a face to the name" or "match a face with the name".
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What really put a face to the name was the press coverage inspired by the theft.
Key to this is allowing audiences to put a face to the name of your (often obscurely named) show and interacting with potential audiences directly.
(For those who cannot put a face to the name, a photograph of Novak on the cover has him looking suitably saturnine).
The oil tycoon goes to extraordinary lengths to ensure nobody can put a face to the name: he is rarely captured on camera and his movements are a closely guarded secret.
She added: "I just started taking note of the names so I could remember properly and put a face to the name.
Do you have to be at office hours to grab a spot at Disrupt? Absolutely not, but putting a face to the name definitely helps.
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"What my son did was give a name and a face to the 40,000 dead," Mr. Sicilia said.
However, it looks like the S.E.C. now believes that it has to attach a name and a face to the cases it brings against big banks".
I could no longer read a report about the violence in Syria, a suicide bomber in Afghanistan or the ongoing deterioration in the Democratic Republic of Congo without wanting to put a name and a face to the soldier who was hit by a roadside bomb, the mother in the refugee camp whose children were dying from starvation or the family that was brutalized for their religious beliefs.
Put a face to that name.
Intro solves another problem: putting a face to a name.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.
Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com