just to name a few vs to name just a few

Both phrases are correct and commonly used in English. They are interchangeable and convey the same meaning. The placement of the adverb 'just' before or after 'to name a few' does not change the overall message.

Last updated: March 25, 2024

just to name a few

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to introduce a list of examples without implying that the list is exhaustive. It is often used in conversation or writing to indicate that only a small number of examples are being provided.

Examples:

We visited many beautiful places on our trip, just to name a few: Paris, Rome, and Barcelona.
There are so many talented actors in Hollywood, just to name a few: Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Denzel Washington.

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Skylark, Firebird, Camaro, just to name a few.
Harvey, me, just to name a few.
Well, that is just to name a few, because all of these appliances and many more will undoubtedly rise in price as a result of this waste directive.
are running similar stories this month, just to name a few.
To name just a few, Amendment No 48 and part of No 26 that cover activities to counter health threats, including terrorists acts.
We see it in Sri Lanka, Palestine, Gaza and Afghanistan, to name just a few.
We have also laid the groundwork in many other areas that concern us all - sustainable development, maritime policy, and energy efficiency, to name just a few.
Allow me to just name a few people I would like to thank as a way of thanking all those who ensured such a positive collaboration.
Most of the vegetable oil is consumed by food markets but there are also important industrial applications: detergents and surfactants, lubricants, paints, solvents, polymers and linoleum, to name just a few.
Let us multiply the links between the European Union and Ukraine in all possible areas - education, culture, entrepreneurship, trade, investment, to name just a few.
Nevertheless, we must not accuse all men across the board of having the wrong intentions, for example in relation to defending the rights of children or to the environment, to name just a few of the areas mentioned in this context by our rapporteur.
Stress, smoking, a lack of exercise, bad diet, to name just a few of the known factors, contribute to the constant increase in cardio-vascular diseases in the industrialised countries.
For example, they include Mr Barroso, Mr Šefčovič, Mr Füle, Mr Piebalgs and Mr Potočnik, to name just a few.
I also saw Hodeida, Tanta, Benghazi, Ismailia, to name just a few other places in the Middle East which look very much the same: no occupation, no military intervention.
Re-education by forced labour and imprisonment without charge are now being used to punish offences like the unauthorised posting of bills, driving an unlicensed taxi and begging, to name just a few.
All Member States need to be singing from the same hymn sheet regarding common rules on security checks, searches, surveillance, prohibited items and security patrols, to name just a few.
As for the many communication and information-exchange systems (CCN/CSI, VIES and SEED to name just a few), a greater emphasis is placed on achieve a better co-ordination on the many existing systems.
We, as the European Union, have a unique opportunity here to show that we are on the side of the workers - of the 200000 Opel workers in Germany, Poland, Austria, Spain and Belgium, to name just a few.
How did Mr Hannan, Mrs Wallis or Mrs Svensson vote, to name just a few of my favourite Members?
Just a few names friends, family, colleagues.

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to name just a few
just to mention a few
to mention just a few
to name only a few
only to name a few

to name just a few