Name
Name verb - To decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities.
Usage example: you don't like my offer? Just name your price
Opt
Opt verb - To come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration.
Usage example: after that near catastrophe, they opted to reinstate the telephone service
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Both words in one sentence
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Instead, they opt to point and laugh at him for not knowing that OLSN stands for Overly Long Scientific Name.
Source: Series / Eureka - The problem continues when Thuringia is joined with Franconia — they opt for "State of Thuringia-Franconia" as the new name on the grounds that SoTF beats SoFT.
Source: Literature / 1632 - In Carpe Jugulum of Discworld, all the cool vampires opt for mundane names, and one vampire mentions that the witch Agnes (Agnes actually is her real name) is wonderfully clever for coming up with her name.
Source: Ominous Mundanity
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