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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a name only" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that exists in name or title but lacks substance or reality.
Example: "The organization was a name only, with no real members or activities."
Alternatives: "a mere title" or "just a label".
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A name only in death.
Asked about the presidency in the BBC interview, Ms Suu Kyi said: "It's a name only.
"Some people call him the solitaire"—the solitary man—"some people make up a name only to communicate with him," Khaled said.
Take Claritin, for example, the allergy medication with a name only a step away from clarity that evokes an image allergy sufferers long for -- a clear day.
Everyone is under surveillance; no one has a name, only a number; and there is no knowing who is a friend and who is a stoolie.
(One competitor said he'd been uncertain whether I required a clue to CLEMENTINE as a name only, ignoring the other senses. Absolutely not – they were the reason I chose it).
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One strategy worth a try is to ask your PI for a name-only promotion.
Having a local owner with a familiar name only reinforces its status as a Boston icon.
That he's not really an entirely different person with a different name, only pretending to be "Hayden".
Yoenis Cespedes isn't an All-Star and he's a household name only in the Cespedes household.
The European Parliament is a toothless body, "a parliament in name only, a parliament that cannot legislate.
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