annotating

present participle of annotate

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Recent Examples of annotating Instead of annotating the text in the margins, use removable sticky notes to record your favorite quotes and thoughts. Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Sep. 2025 As long as annotating serves the reader a purpose, any style is fine, experts say. Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2025 From an engineering perspective, this includes mapping out ‘decision trees’, annotating task boundaries and defining clear entry and exit points for AI intervention. Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for annotating
Verb
  • Before long, judges started interpreting AB 2777 to completely exclude individual defendants.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025
  • There are two ways of interpreting this.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • By analyzing discourses on development squarely within Native American studies, Yazzie situates capitalism, colonialism, and imperialism into the politics of nation-building.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 11 Oct. 2025
  • By carefully analyzing the subtle interactions of these signals, the technology can generate a highly detailed and accurate representation of a person’s presence, posture, and movement that is comparable to a camera snapshot, but constructed entirely from radio waves.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The National Immigration Law Center recently published a guide explaining some of the potential risks of using the app, such as leaving the country without closing an immigration court case and becoming ineligible for a future visa.
    Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Sometimes explaining one’s affinity for a specific Pokémon is difficult; since Satoshi Tajiri has been dreaming up these pet-warrior-oddballs, many have historically had a certain je ne sais quoi.
    Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Bryant once scored 50 against Iverson’s Sixers in a regular-season duel, illustrating the mutual challenge between them.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Trump’s post included a photo illustrating where the initial withdrawal line would be in relation to major cities like Rafah and Gaza City, as well as the Palestinian refugee camp Bureij.
    Callie Patteson, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This story has been updated to add Freida’s second post, clarifying her request for prayers.
    Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2025
  • After facing backlash from the DHS and White House, however, the Grammy winner shared a statement clarifying his intent behind the song.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2025

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“Annotating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annotating. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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