branded

Definition of brandednext
past tense of brand
as in engraved
to produce a vivid impression of the exact words my father spoke as he left us are branded in my memory

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Recent Examples of branded He was branded a heretic, in part for preaching that the nobility were immoral and so was nobility itself. Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 28 Aug. 2026 Cassar-Daley might be branded a newcomer, but that’s not the full picture. Lars Brandle, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2026 Parton's business acumen extended beyond the entertainment industry, with an empire that included hotels, branded Duncan Hines baking kits, fragrances, beauty products, wines, apparel, merchandise and other ventures. Devarrick Turner, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026 Nike has no shortage of bold sneaker designs in its archive and yet, there is perhaps no model as audaciously branded as the Air More Uptempo. Riley Jones, Footwear News, 20 Aug. 2026 Trump has branded his second presidency as one focused on cost-cutting, marked by early federal agency job cuts ordered by the nongovernmental Department of Government Efficiency. Reuters, NBC news, 19 Aug. 2026 The store sells a variety of plushies, accessories, blind box collectibles, and cosmetics branded with characters from popular cartoons, video games, and toy franchises. Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2026 Kasa manages more than 80 independent and branded hospitality properties using proprietary technology to automate hotel operations. Roman Pedan, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026 While their home ice is in Brookfield, the team is branded as a Milwaukee team to attract a wider fan base. Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 14 Aug. 2026
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  • Vuitton’s Pharrell Williams, meanwhile, sent out models sporting dangling silver bands daintily engraved with the brand’s LV monogram.
    Max Berlinger, Vogue, 21 Aug. 2026
  • After the hearing, Khalil and his lawyers posed for photos in front of the National Constitution Center, where all forty-five words of the First Amendment were engraved on a fifty-ton slab of marble, then walked to a ramen bar for lunch.
    Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
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  • Gorman’s name is etched with the ’06 Carolina champs, but not the 2026 group, as owner Tom Dundon chose to include family members and left some staffers unengraved.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The sculpture depicts a female figure, her cloak billowing out in the shape of a seed around her and etched with more than 300 global symbols of peace, holding olive branches and surrounded by six children, each representing a continent.
    Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026

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“Branded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/branded. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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