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in the name of

Under the designation of, as in They burned witches at the stake in the name of piety . [Late 1300s]
in one's own name . On one's own behalf, as in Mary signed the check for John in her own name . [Late 1800s]
Under the possession or ownership of, as in The certificate of ownership was rightfully in my name . [Mid-1900s]
By the authority of, as in Open up, in the name of the law! [Late 1300s]
in God's or heaven's name ; in the name of God or heaven . With appeal to, as in In the name of God, stop that noise! or �� in heaven's name are you doing? [c. a.d. 900]
On behalf of, as in She made a donation in her daughter's name . [Late 1300s]

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Both are themes that have played out repeatedly in the first 100 days of the second Trump administration, which has focused on rolling back environmental regulations and reducing bureaucratic red tape in the name of cost savings and greater U.S. energy independence.

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Founded in 2017, Pitch@Palace Global Ltd was initially held in the name of Amanda Thirsk, the prince's private secretary, in an arrangement often used by the Royal Family.

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Carr’s critics, however, said that dangling the FCC’s enforcement authority over broadcasters in the name of protecting free speech does just the opposite.

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No. From the moment we met him, Joe Goldberg was a killer, capriciously murdering his way through Guinevere Beck’s entire support system in the name of “love.”

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All of that in the name of saving money which doesn't appear to be materializing.

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through

in the mouth in the near future

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