as in pursuit
the act of going after or in the tracks of another
after a weeklong tagging of the suspect, the detective had all the evidence he needed that there was a smuggling operation going on
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1
as in labeling
to attach an identifying slip to
tagged all the dresses with sale stickers before putting them on the rack
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as in tracking
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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1
as in slapping
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 selecting
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 tagging
Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2026
Here’s how to take advantage of Costco’s price tagging system to score the best deals.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Feb. 2026
Excited and awed by Kelly’s celebrity, a 12-year-old Landfair began spending more time around Kelly at his recording studio and tagging along to group outings with Sparkle.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2026
Ivo Intelligence analyzes an organization’s full contract library, allowing teams to surface obligations, precedents, and patterns without manual tagging that current systems use.
—Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
At the height of the incidents of graffiti and tagging, the city hired a private security firm to patrol the tower around-the-clock.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2026
Dancers can submit their audition by posting on Instagram or TikTok, tagging @SVEDKAVodka and using the hashtags #ShakeItWithSvedka and #Contest.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 3 Dec. 2025
Graham suggested the duo draw inspiration from Delicious, the sophisticated social tagging system, which Huffman coupled with the vibrant community engagement model of Slashdot.
—Rachel Ventresca, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2025
As a leader in connected products and DPP space, Certilogo helps brands transform mandatory tagging into competitive advantage, by making their products talk.
—Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
Before the shooting, Ortiz allegedly posted erratically on social media, addressing and tagging Rihanna directly.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
Albin on new 49ers AD Kevin White The university allowed former athletic director Mike Hill to make a third (and final) football hire, tagging Albin as the program’s fourth head coach in December of 2024.
—Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 24 Mar. 2026
Iranians have been spreading videos and posts on social media showing locations of checkpoints, often tagging the Farsi account of the Israeli military and urging it to strike, sometimes in the name of protesters who were killed in the area.
—Sarah El Deeb, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
And the more animals there are, the higher your odds of tagging out.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 19 Mar. 2026
Those who want to enter can do so by posting their proposal video on Instagram or TikTok and tagging @dunkin and @verawanggang, and by using the hashtag #DunkinVeraWangcontest.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
The last two mini-albums from the Tara Clerkin Trio—2021’s In Spring and 2023’s On the Turning Ground—are so alluring and elusive that tagging them with genres feels like putting little stickers on the hull of a ship.
—Jeremy D. Larson, Pitchfork, 18 Mar. 2026
This one is from way back in 2024, when the Knights got Noah Hanifin for a first, a 2025 third and Daniil Miromanov (with the Flyers tagging in for some retention).
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
Noun
In one of the main plot lines of the episode, Teddy joined Owen (with Simone and rookie intern Dani tagging along) for a surgical field trip to a rural hospital.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2026
Here’s how to take advantage of Costco’s price tagging system to score the best deals.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Feb. 2026
Excited and awed by Kelly’s celebrity, a 12-year-old Landfair began spending more time around Kelly at his recording studio and tagging along to group outings with Sparkle.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2026
Ivo Intelligence analyzes an organization’s full contract library, allowing teams to surface obligations, precedents, and patterns without manual tagging that current systems use.
—Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
At the height of the incidents of graffiti and tagging, the city hired a private security firm to patrol the tower around-the-clock.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2026
Dancers can submit their audition by posting on Instagram or TikTok, tagging @SVEDKAVodka and using the hashtags #ShakeItWithSvedka and #Contest.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 3 Dec. 2025
Graham suggested the duo draw inspiration from Delicious, the sophisticated social tagging system, which Huffman coupled with the vibrant community engagement model of Slashdot.
—Rachel Ventresca, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2025
As a leader in connected products and DPP space, Certilogo helps brands transform mandatory tagging into competitive advantage, by making their products talk.
—Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
Some residents have been less than happy to see the arrival of delivery robots from Serve and such competitors as Cartken, Coco Robotics, and Starship Technologies, sometimes tagging them with graffiti.
—Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
Before the shooting, Ortiz allegedly posted erratically on social media, addressing and tagging Rihanna directly.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
Albin on new 49ers AD Kevin White The university allowed former athletic director Mike Hill to make a third (and final) football hire, tagging Albin as the program’s fourth head coach in December of 2024.
—Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 24 Mar. 2026
Iranians have been spreading videos and posts on social media showing locations of checkpoints, often tagging the Farsi account of the Israeli military and urging it to strike, sometimes in the name of protesters who were killed in the area.
—Sarah El Deeb, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
And the more animals there are, the higher your odds of tagging out.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 19 Mar. 2026
Those who want to enter can do so by posting their proposal video on Instagram or TikTok and tagging @dunkin and @verawanggang, and by using the hashtag #DunkinVeraWangcontest.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
The last two mini-albums from the Tara Clerkin Trio—2021’s In Spring and 2023’s On the Turning Ground—are so alluring and elusive that tagging them with genres feels like putting little stickers on the hull of a ship.
—Jeremy D. Larson, Pitchfork, 18 Mar. 2026
This one is from way back in 2024, when the Knights got Noah Hanifin for a first, a 2025 third and Daniil Miromanov (with the Flyers tagging in for some retention).
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tagging
Noun
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The pursuit of perfection, in this case, is also tied to proximity to whiteness.—
Elizabeth Gulino,
Allure,
26 Mar. 2026
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That's also a new pursuit for Qualcomm.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The New Yorker reviewed more than a dozen unclassified documents about ICE-tracking apps, many of them created by fusion centers—intelligence hubs created after 9/11 to share information about criminal and terrorist threats.—
Oriana van Praag,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026
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Ship-tracking data shows some tankers using a route closer to Iran’s coast, with reports that certain operators may have paid for safe passage.—
Abbas Al Lawati,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The PlayStation 5 Pro is a more powerful spin on the vanilla PS5, thanks to ray tracing and AI upscaling that give games a visual boost.—
Will Greenwald,
PC Magazine,
27 Mar. 2026
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After two cases were detected at the University of Florida at Gainesville, for instance, health-department officials performed contact tracing, ultimately reaching some 1,000 people, Fred Southwick, an infectious-disease specialist at the university, told me.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The progress of the search being conducted by Colombian authorities was unclear.—
Cristian Benavides,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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The envoy members returning from Cuba this week said they were targeted for search for political reasons.—
Claire Heddles,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Tagging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tagging. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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