How to Use in the name of in a Sentence

in the name of

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  • No more stinging your scalp in the name of a flawless blowout.
    — Tasha Nicole Smith, Allure, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Why would a kid be willing to skip dinner in the name of fake food?
    — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
  • So this isn’t a green light to start guzzling caramel oat lattes in the name of your health.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 22 July 2026
  • Over the years, players have famously broken the rules in the name of fashion.
    — Afia Asamoah, InStyle, 30 June 2026
  • That takes some nerve, but so does setting your best friend up with your sister's ex-husband in the name of romance.
    — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Donaldson has buried himself alive in the name of viral challenges.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Pure catharsis that exiles can dedicate in the name of those silenced on the island.
    — Sarah Moreno august 7, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026
  • At this point, most AI tools are being used in the name of efficiency.
    — Frances Mei Hardin, STAT, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Once the funds were moved over, Okuma transferred the funds to a bank account in the name of his wife's company.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2026
  • But some of the qualities that gave it a quaint personality will be lost in translation in the name of progress.
    — Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Most, however, questioned whether Hurts’ safety had been sacrificed in the name of the sport.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Ultra-lightweight racing bucket seats and carbon fiber door cards have been swapped in, along with a roll bar in the name of support and rigidity.
    — Joel Feder, The Drive, 10 Sep. 2026
  • No longer were decisions being made in the name of preserving what had come before, but rather with a greater focus on success in the present-day.
    — William Jones, USA Today, 20 July 2026
  • Muslim students should not be expected to answer for extremists who claim to speak in the name of Islam.
    — Rabbi Bruce D. Forman, Sun Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Those men, in a way, were chess pieces being played in the name of social standing, financial stability, and power.
    — Raymond Ang, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Weighted vests have moved from niche tactical gear to a mainstream wellness trend, with midlife adults strapping them on for walks, errands and chores in the name of bone health.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Sweeney has responded to the condemnation with images of great sporting women stripping down in the name of strength and power.
    — Megan Feringa, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • But in the 1960s, Brooklyn was destroyed in the name of urban renewal.
    — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The goal is not to control people indefinitely, nor to abandon them in the name of empowerment.
    — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The change will mean sacrificing small pleasures in the name of convenience, Will Gottsegen argues.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
  • All along, Wall has argued that taxpayers are entitled to see how district money is being spent in the name of transparency.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Hiring has screeched to a halt as companies slash thousands of staffers in the name of AI—and tech-savvy talent will have the best shot at career success.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 1 July 2026
  • One can see this most clearly in so many businesses’ willingness to embrace AI in the name of furthering their pursuits.
    — William Jones, USA Today, 20 July 2026
  • It was destroyed in the name of urban renewal and has borne the brunt of government interference and disinvestment.
    — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 9 July 2026
  • Equality without liberty can become coercion in the name of fairness.
    — Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • Many other theaters disappeared altogether, torn down in the name of urban renewal.
    — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 3 Sep. 2026
  • But what had happened was—because people like me had kept quiet in the name of coalition politics for so long, when the break came and when the moral test came, when Newtown came.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
  • All of this felt like another admission of defeat—officials destroying Seattle in the name of saving it.
    — Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
  • Still, questions remain about how many errors are worth accepting in the name of efficiency, and ideally, the rare needle-in-a-haystack discovery.
    — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Tom Cruise has built a career on jumping out of airplanes, scaling skyscrapers and performing other high-wire antics in the name of entertainment.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026

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