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 The Greeks branded their slaves; the Romans tattooed their gladiators. Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026 However, buyers often focus exclusively on iconic designers such as Eames, Wegner, or Saarinen, but so many great pieces are passed over because they aren’t branded or made by these recognizable names, Hirsch explains. Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 9 Aug. 2026 There are also two restaurants (though neither is branded as Fouquet’s), a basketball court carved into a cavern and a private water taxi to take guests around the island. Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 As part of the partnership, flag football school programs across the country currently run by the AFA and NFL concurrently will all become NFL Flag branded and will enter the Australian Sports Commission’s (ASC) National Sporting Schools program. Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 7 Aug. 2026 The writer Larry Kramer branded him a murderer in an open letter published in 1988. Michael Collins, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026 By the end of 2025, there were 1,907 combined active and pipeline branded residential developments worldwide, according to industry research firm Global Branded Residences. Zahra Tayeb, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026 Tractor Supply re-branded the pet-exclusive chain to Petsense by Tractor Supply in August 2022. Gabe Hauari, Florida Times-Union, 30 July 2026 The team’s decision-makers have mostly branded themselves as patient, pragmatic and focused on the long game. Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 28 July 2026
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  • His name will join the 600 already engraved on the memorial wall.
    Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 30 July 2026
  • At the end of the ceremony, Walter presented Trump with a World Series ring engraved with the president’s name.
    Adam Kilgore, New York Times, 24 July 2026
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  • Its chips never load the weights at all, because the weights are etched permanently into the transistors.
    Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Maurice Jones-Drew will forever be etched into the memories of the Bruin faithful.
    Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026

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“Branded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/branded. Accessed 12 Aug. 2026.

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