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Typically no; it is almost certainly a registered trademark, however. For example, the phrase "Sacramento Bee" has this registration:

IC 016. US 002 005 022 023 029 037 038 050. G & S: Newspapers for general circulation. FIRST USE: 18570203. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 18570203

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