IN THE NAME OF Definition & Meaning

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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 What 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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“The rhetoric is all in the name of cost-savings and efficiency, but it hasn't really been shown through any studies that I'm aware of that this is a more efficient or cost effective way to manage care.”

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Agency for International Development, at the Institute of Museum and Library Services, at the NIH, and too many other agencies—are allegedly being done in the name of cost savings, but instead they are wasting taxpayer dollars through misuse of appropriated funds and through the now-discarded labor of public workers.

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Additionally, the writers indict the perversions committed in the name of Christianity, whether in Gilead or these United States, in ways that have particular resonance in these concluding episodes.

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So how in the name of sanity did Rosary end up winning the championship by knocking off Orange Lutheran in the final?

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It means contesting every conceivable issue, such as energy-efficient lightbulbs, in the name of freedom — freedom to squander energy, apparently.

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