How to Use eponym in a Sentence

eponym

noun
  • At this point, Zoom has more or less become a proprietary eponym.
    — Ksenya Samarskaya, Wired, 17 Feb. 2021
  • The early editions of this off-road eponym come in two different drivelines.
    — Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 3 Dec. 2022
  • His dog, Bernie, leaps into the frame, something about his shaggy visage evoking his eponym.
    — New York Times, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Yet despite calls to drop the eponym, the species has not been renamed by the ICZN.
    — Asher Elbein, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 June 2023
  • Long an eponym for all short-term rentals, Airbnb is one of the most popular vacation rental platforms in the world.
    — Jamie Spain, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Occasionally an eponym is formed by combining a name with some other word.
    — Ben Zimmer, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2019
  • Grandma Ruby, the artist’s eponym, was a redoubtable guardian who kept her granddaughter safe by keeping her busy.
    — New York Times, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Future use of the eponym should reflect the troubling context of its origins in Nazi-era Vienna.
    — Lindsey Bever, Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Sitting courtside, Team Kidd’s eponym clearly delighted in the progress the fledgling program has made.
    — Dallas News, 22 Aug. 2021
  • Much like their elusive eponym, unicorns are hard to come by, but Hill thinks TestFit will hit the mythical $1 billion mark.
    — Dallas News, 26 July 2022
  • So haphazard was the preparation that the British government couldn’t even supply uniforms of matching colors, hence the two-color eponym.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Who knows, maybe someone will try to launch a brand called Romilly and present the 18th-century horological eponym as the inventor of the chronograph?
    — Nick Foulkes, A-LIST, 24 Dec. 2017
  • With a precision befitting its military eponym, the newsletter articulates style concerns yet to be uttered in the public sphere.
    — Nathan Taylor Pemberton, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2021
  • The county's board of supervisors decided in an unanimous vote on Thursday to change county's official eponym, according to a press release.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 25 June 2021
  • Her troubles begin with her name; Daiyu’s eponym is Lin Daiyu, a tragic figure of legend who dies spitting blood after the family of her beloved tricks him into marrying someone else.
    — New York Times, 3 Apr. 2022
  • The unlikely eponym follows more than 500 years later, gleaming from the shelves of most major supermarkets, gyms, and convenience stores across America today.
    — Sophia Herring, Vanity Fair, 28 Jan. 2026
  • In the way that Kleenex has become interchangeable with tissue, McCarthyism, for many, is an eponym for the unjust, reprehensible use of political power.
    — Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Other next-generation Lukas have unknowingly developed similar tendencies to their NBA eponym, too.
    — Callie Caplan, Dallas News, 13 May 2021
  • Holland, Michigan, emulates to a tee its European eponym (located a few hundred miles to the north of Salzburg's rollicking hills), and its Netherlands pastiche is an image complete with tulips as far as the eye can see.
    — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Cable news proved to be an only slightly less absurd medium on Saturday, when noted hilarious eponym Rick Santorum criticized the students for their failure to learn first aid in response to the epidemic of mass shootings.
    — Jay Willis, GQ, 26 Mar. 2018
  • Over the next half-century, New College developed a reputation for providing a top-notch liberal arts education, inspired by the tutorial model of its Oxford eponym.
    — Jack McCordick, The New Republic, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Created in 2019 and initially awarded to its eponym, the Carol Burnett Award is presented to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to television on and off screen.
    — Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The show, which taped in New York City’s Chelsea Studios, was fronted by Shepherd, actor-comedian and former The View co-host, debuting on Fox stations in September 2022 as a replacement for The Wendy Williams Show, after its eponym exited her show amid health concerns.
    — Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 23 May 2026

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