as in tag
a slip (as of paper or cloth) that is attached to something to identify or describe it
on its frame the painting had a label with its title and the name of the artist
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as in to name
to give a name to
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Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
27 June 2026
Why did California previously have so many food date labels?
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Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
27 June 2026
The tools to label clothes this way already exist.
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Ryan Brennan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 June 2026
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If a retailer's name appears on the label, report it directly through that retailer's official site.
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Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
27 June 2026
Why did California previously have so many food date labels?
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Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
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The tablets were labeled with more than two dozen lot numbers and expiration dates ranging from July 2026 to December 2028.
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Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
27 June 2026
The tools to label clothes this way already exist.
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Ryan Brennan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 June 2026
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By attaching protein tags to a cell membrane, the synthetic biologist Reinhard Lipowsky at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces attracted other proteins to crowd around and physically bend the membrane, forcing the cell to divide.
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The total of all the shirts cost $1,200, per WKBW, and a tag was placed on each shirt to note that it was paid for by the Bills player.
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More than 120 people got sick in a norovirus outbreak aboard a Princess Cruises ship, marking the cruise line’s third this year.
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Wednesday marked one year since an explosion at a Northern California fireworks facility killed seven workers and changed the lives of their families forever.
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During Thursday evening’s Board of Commissioners meeting, officials unanimously, and with no additional discussion, approved Johnston’s exit agreement and named Assistant County Administrator Alan Howze as his replacement for the rest of the year.
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Knoebels was named America’s best amusement and water park for 2026 in Tripadvisor’s Travelers’ Choice Awards, which is based on reviews.
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Race, religion, ethnicity, gender, age, sexuality, class, disability and geography don’t line up in perfect political harmony, and each social marker tells only a fraction of the whole story.
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For luxury consumers, the old markers of status are becoming less important than access, belonging, and ease.
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Thursday’s mail was hand-stamped upon delivery.
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The company that stamps its name on a custom chip and the company that captures the durable profit from it are rarely the same.
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Artists, tour guides and retirees wield flamingo cutouts, children’s art and bullhorns to protest against corruption, opaque land deals and environmental damage, increasingly calling for Prime Minister Edi Rama to step down.
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Anyone who sees Jett or has information about his whereabouts should call 911.
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With group play coming to a close and the Round of 32 approaching, the competition is heating up as teams look to punch their tickets to the knockout round in hopes of hoisting the FIFA World Cup Trophy at the final on Sunday, July 19.
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That punched El Tri's ticket straight to the Round of 16 and kept the host nation's tournament dream alive for at least one more match.
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Republican hardliners jammed up the House floor this week, in part because of congressional leadership's refusal to attach a version of the election bill, dubbed the SAVE America Act, to the National Defense Authorization Act.
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Tipu himself was found slain near a passageway once used to bring water into the fort; it’s dubbed the Water Gate.
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“Label.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/label. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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