as in label
a slip (as of paper or cloth) that is attached to something to identify or describe it
read the tag on the shirt to find out if I could wash it or if it had to be dry-cleaned
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as in to chase
to go after or on the track of
wildlife experts surreptitiously tagged the timber wolf, carefully keeping a safe distance so the wolf wouldn't catch their scent and run
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as in to slap
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner
he tagged me with a right hook and blackened my eye
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as in to select
to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities
she tagged her most experienced operative for the special mission
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Recent Examples of tag
Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2026
Braves third baseman Austin Riley had a chance at a double play, but Ramírez just avoided the tag on his way to third before Riley threw out Hoskins at first as Angel Martínez scored from third.
—ABC News, 11 Apr. 2026
Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2026
Carlson isn’t alone; Steve Bannon, Candace Owens, and others in the Republican Party have tagged Israel as the aggressor, and the framing has become part of popular discourse and media reporting.
—Jennifer Lutz, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2026
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Noun
While attending Friday prayer services, community potlucks during Ramadan and backyard tag football games there over the past three decades, Ahmad came to consider those women in hijabs like extended family.
—Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2026
Braves third baseman Austin Riley had a chance at a double play, but Ramírez just avoided the tag on his way to third before Riley threw out Hoskins at first as Angel Martínez scored from third.
—ABC News, 11 Apr. 2026
Verb
The offseason has been littered with yet another contract dispute, as George Pickens was franchise-tagged following a career year, his first with the Cowboys.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2026
Carlson isn’t alone; Steve Bannon, Candace Owens, and others in the Republican Party have tagged Israel as the aggressor, and the framing has become part of popular discourse and media reporting.
—Jennifer Lutz, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tag
label
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On Friday, when an NBC News reporter tried to talk to the AI to buy the candle, Luna asked which candle — a difficult question to answer because the candle didn’t have a label on it.—
David Ingram,
NBC news,
11 Apr. 2026
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Recently reissued by original label Rough Trade Records, Songs to Remember epitomizes the group’s attempt to reconcile an art-school background, 1977-era punk ethics, and an obsession with chart pop into a musical statement as stately and cohesive as a book of sonnets.—
Alfred Soto,
Pitchfork,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Tag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tag. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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