How to Use pseudonym in a Sentence

pseudonym

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  • The title came from the pseudonym Rushdie had used while in hiding.
    — Joshua Goodman, ajc, 12 Aug. 2022
  • The title came from the pseudonym Rushdie used while in hiding.
    — Joshua Goodman, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2022
  • The girl he is charged with assaulting is called by the pseudonym Mia Lewis in court records.
    — Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 29 July 2022
  • The title came from the pseudonym Mr. Rushdie had used while in hiding.
    — Joshua Goodman, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2022
  • In the spirit of the masquerade, the Gould pseudonym adds to the allure of mystery – and the joy of discovery.
    — Max Chapnick, The Conversation, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Lulu, Nana, and Amy are pseudonyms; so are Mark and Grace.
    — Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2023
  • The woman was identified by the pseudonym Jane Doe and the two officers were not named in the suit.
    — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The second accuser who took the stand went by the pseudonym Kate.
    — Nathalie Nieves, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2021
  • Sky spoke with the Detroit Free Press by text message and asked to go by a pseudonym for her safety.
    — Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 17 June 2023
  • The lawsuit says the plaintiff, now in her 30s and identified by the pseudonym Jane Doe, is autistic.
    — Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
  • Wilson — whose name is a pseudonym — is not listed in the song’s credits.
    — Jem Aswad, Variety, 4 Aug. 2022
  • The missive was signed by Tarzan, a pseudonym used by an anonymous soldier during the war.
    — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 5 Nov. 2023
  • The women who ran it – the Janes — also advocated for the woman known by the pseudonym Jane Roe.
    — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 10 May 2022
  • For Jenna, who asked to use a pseudonym, her time in Thailand felt, at times, profound.
    — Mailee Osten-Tan, Longreads, 8 June 2022
  • One witness, who went by the pseudonym Jane, said Maxwell coached her to twist his nipples.
    — Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 16 Dec. 2021
  • But anonymity and pseudonyms didn’t stop people from sleuthing, now or then.
    — Max Chapnick, The Conversation, 7 Dec. 2023
  • He was identified by the pseudonym John Roe N.L. in that filing.
    — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Shawn is a pseudonym, chosen by Vang and his attorneys in the lawsuit.
    — Cory Turner, NPR, 15 May 2024
  • But Swift’s boyfriend Alwyn decided to hop on the track’s credits with the pseudonym William Bowery.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2022
  • The team then found the specific order, and now believe that Swift herself, or a member of her team, made the purchase for the dress using a pseudonym.
    — Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Dave takes off his black baseball cap — it’s printed with the name Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonym of Bitcoin’s founder, in white lettering — and sits in a seat.
    — Mitchell S. Jackson, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Identified here by a pseudonym for his protection, Andrei was in the last leg of a 17-day trip that had taken him to the far corners of the country.
    — Alexander Sammon, The New Republic, 16 Feb. 2022
  • Jane, the pseudonym used for her during the trial, has been central to Kelly’s legal troubles for more than two decades.
    — Michael Tarm, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2022
  • The first accuser to testify did so under the pseudonym Jane Doe and took the stand on the second day of Maxwell's trial.
    — Nathalie Nieves, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2021
  • Broome, who went by the pseudonym Rocco Reed, had a very successful career in the adult film industry.
    — Fox News, 9 Apr. 2022
  • Many would agree that his pseudonym was aptly chosen: Mr. Anger’s volatility is the stuff of many an anecdote.
    — Dennis Lim, New York Times, 24 May 2023
  • Craig Wright has long claimed to have been the author of a 2008 white paper, the foundational text of bitcoin, published under the pseudonym.
    — Reuters, CNN, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The woman, who is seeking asylum, asked to be identified by the pseudonym used in the complaint to protect her safety.
    — Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 14 July 2022
  • The names Nadia and April are pseudonyms, as are all the names used in this article, to protect the research participants’ identities.
    — Joseph Sageman, The Conversation, 24 June 2024
  • The secrecy was intriguing, with pseudonyms for everything and only the right people having access to the scripts.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 21 June 2024

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