branding

noun

brand·​ing ˈbran-diŋ How to pronounce branding (audio)
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: the promoting of a product or service by identifying it with a particular brand

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The other crucial element to understanding the Riches’ style is a strong sense of branding that’s more apparent at RT Bistro than at previous efforts. Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Mar. 2026 His appetite for complexity was increasingly indulged as a means of branding cities and institutions, and his novel forms were deployed as blunt metaphors to absorb and obscure contradictions rather than negotiate them in material and spatial terms. Julian Rose, Artforum, 26 Mar. 2026 Also of note, the new space will have a subtle branding reset. Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2026 Republicans demonstrated how disciplined political branding can shape perception. Richard Yanowitch, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for branding

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First Known Use

1850, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of branding was in 1850

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“Branding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/branding. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.

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