as in to interpret
to add notes or comments to (a text, book, drawing, etc.)
He annotated the text at several places. annotate a list
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Recent Examples of annotate
Data labeling, or annotating bits of information for better AI use, is also seeing surging demand.
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Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 30 July 2025
Active learning helps annotate emerging terms, while fact-checking pipelines catch unverified narratives.
—Dr. Chiranjiv Roy, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
Data review by humans: Conversations with Gemini may be reviewed and annotated by human reviewers for quality control and AI training purposes.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2025
An autonomous vehicle creates the maps while driving the test environment in favorable weather, with technologies automatically annotating features like traffic signs, trees and buildings.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Jan. 2016
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Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 30 July 2025
Active learning helps annotate emerging terms, while fact-checking pipelines catch unverified narratives.
—Dr. Chiranjiv Roy, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
Data review by humans: Conversations with Gemini may be reviewed and annotated by human reviewers for quality control and AI training purposes.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2025
An autonomous vehicle creates the maps while driving the test environment in favorable weather, with technologies automatically annotating features like traffic signs, trees and buildings.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Jan. 2016
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for annotate
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Implement explainability tools that surface the logic behind AI decisions, establish clear accountability frameworks and train leadership on how to interpret AI behavior.—
Christer Holloman,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Without critical thinking, learners struggle to interpret information, resist misleading narratives, or build the confidence needed to succeed on tests, in careers, and in civic life.—
Sixteen Ramos,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Once considered a cornerstone of learning, the ability to analyze, evaluate, and discern information has been replaced by an overreliance on quick answers.—
Sixteen Ramos,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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This article was generated by the Bay Area Home Report Bot, software that analyzes home sales or other data and creates an article based on a template created by humans.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
10 Sep. 2025
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Here, Renzi explains how long the doc was in the works, why family members didn’t participate, and how Marco of all people helped Sheen to get off crack.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
13 Sep. 2025
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At a time when contentious words dominate our conversations—think insurrection and fascism and fake news and woke—the need for dictionaries to chronicle and explain language, and serve as its watchdog, has never been greater.—
Stefan Fatsis,
The Atlantic,
13 Sep. 2025
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The timing, although likely coincidental, illustrated the dilemma Democrats currently face.—
Mabinty Quarshie,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Sep. 2025
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Still, Carney’s lyrical piece, a sort of prose poem-flash fiction hybrid, written from the point of view of an unborn baby, illustrates a womb space at once protective and cage-like.—
Manuel Muñoz,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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Later Cox said a person of interest was in custody and being interviewed, and clarified that the person was not the man booked on the obstruction charge.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Of the 118 valid responses from patients, 108 indicated the ChatGPT summaries clarified details about the original report.—
Kate Ruder,
NPR,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Annotate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annotate. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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