otherwise known as
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—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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Coolsculpting, otherwise known as cryolipolysis, freezes fat cells to destroy them.
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Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 6 July 2025
Though its depiction in the film includes hefty CGI, the island is a real place: Lindisfarne, otherwise known as Holy Island, a tidal island off the coast of northern England connected to the mainland by a causeway that appears only at low tide.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 3 July 2025
The Senate's version of the bill gradually decreases the cap on provider taxes, which are taxes paid by hospitals that Indiana relies on to fund its Medicaid expansion program, otherwise known as the Healthy Indiana Plan.
—Brittany Carloni, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Spine alignment, otherwise known as lumbar support, is an evaluation of how well the spine is kept in alignment.
—Julia Forbes, Wired News, 27 June 2025
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Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 6 July 2025
Though its depiction in the film includes hefty CGI, the island is a real place: Lindisfarne, otherwise known as Holy Island, a tidal island off the coast of northern England connected to the mainland by a causeway that appears only at low tide.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 3 July 2025
The Senate's version of the bill gradually decreases the cap on provider taxes, which are taxes paid by hospitals that Indiana relies on to fund its Medicaid expansion program, otherwise known as the Healthy Indiana Plan.
—Brittany Carloni, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Spine alignment, otherwise known as lumbar support, is an evaluation of how well the spine is kept in alignment.
—Julia Forbes, Wired News, 27 June 2025
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“Otherwise known as.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/otherwise%20known%20as. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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