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Recent Examples of binomial
There was no third option in this binomial exercise.
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Chantel Jennings, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
She is credited with naming and cataloging hundreds of native plants in the Hudson River Valley using Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus’ then-new binomial system of botanical nomenclature.
—Jessica Damiano, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2024
The watermelons grown in the United States were soon subsumed under the same Latin binomial.
—Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 June 2021
Before binomials, names of plants in books were lists or strings of words that formed a kind of nuanced description.
—James Prosek, New York Times, 16 May 2017
Chantel Jennings, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
She is credited with naming and cataloging hundreds of native plants in the Hudson River Valley using Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus’ then-new binomial system of botanical nomenclature.
—Jessica Damiano, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2024
The watermelons grown in the United States were soon subsumed under the same Latin binomial.
—Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 June 2021
Before binomials, names of plants in books were lists or strings of words that formed a kind of nuanced description.
—James Prosek, New York Times, 16 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for binomial
pen name
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Published under his pen name Richard Bachman, The Long Walk is described as a dystopian thriller centering on the contestants of a grueling and vicious annual walking contest that requires 100 boys to keep a certain pace without stopping.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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If writing under a pen name is a form of deception, or akin to leading a double life, Cornwell was more suited to it than most writers.—
Kirsty McHugh,
Literary Hub,
20 June 2025
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“Binomial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/binomial. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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