otherwise known as
idiom
—used to indicate a different name that people know or that a person uses
France's King Louis XIV, otherwise known as the Sun King
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Some of my favorite memories are of those first Wednesday night tournaments on the Middle Pond—otherwise known as Yates Lake just south of Lake Martin on the Tallapoosa River.
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Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 9 May 2024
As the clock ticks toward 2 a.m. ET, FKA Twigs is standing on the bar at The Standard’s Boom Boom Room, peering out onto a sea of guests who are celebrating the first Monday in May (May 6), otherwise known as the day of the Met Gala.
—Rob Ledonne, Billboard, 7 May 2024
In 1986, Doblin founded the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) to convince the medical establishment that MDMA—otherwise known as ecstasy—has a place in mental-health care thanks to its ability to help people open up and process trauma.
—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 2 May 2024
Montelongo was required to give her son medication three times a day through a gastrostomy tube, otherwise known as a G-tube.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 2 May 2024
Getting to Magic Kingdom Guests cannot park outside of the gates of the Magic Kingdom and must park across the Seven Seas Lagoon at The Transportation and Ticket Center, otherwise known as the TTC.
—Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2024
On the way up to the monastery, otherwise known as Paro Taktsang, the royals stopped to talk to three hikers from California who were returning down from the mountain.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 16 Apr. 2024
Fred Brathwaite, otherwise known as Fab 5 Freddy, was show No. 3, and his plan was to name the place the Serious Gallery.
—Penelope Green, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024
Colorado’s and Maine’s primaries are March 5, otherwise known as Super Tuesday, when more than a dozen states will hold primary elections.
—USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2024
Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 9 May 2024
As the clock ticks toward 2 a.m. ET, FKA Twigs is standing on the bar at The Standard’s Boom Boom Room, peering out onto a sea of guests who are celebrating the first Monday in May (May 6), otherwise known as the day of the Met Gala.
—Rob Ledonne, Billboard, 7 May 2024
In 1986, Doblin founded the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) to convince the medical establishment that MDMA—otherwise known as ecstasy—has a place in mental-health care thanks to its ability to help people open up and process trauma.
—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 2 May 2024
Montelongo was required to give her son medication three times a day through a gastrostomy tube, otherwise known as a G-tube.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 2 May 2024
Getting to Magic Kingdom Guests cannot park outside of the gates of the Magic Kingdom and must park across the Seven Seas Lagoon at The Transportation and Ticket Center, otherwise known as the TTC.
—Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2024
On the way up to the monastery, otherwise known as Paro Taktsang, the royals stopped to talk to three hikers from California who were returning down from the mountain.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 16 Apr. 2024
Fred Brathwaite, otherwise known as Fab 5 Freddy, was show No. 3, and his plan was to name the place the Serious Gallery.
—Penelope Green, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024
Colorado’s and Maine’s primaries are March 5, otherwise known as Super Tuesday, when more than a dozen states will hold primary elections.
—USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2024
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