Thesaurus results for LABEL

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noun

ˈlā-bəl

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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verb

as in to mark

to attach an identifying slip to he labeled all of the poisonous materials with the familiar skull and crossbones

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as in to name

to give a name to the dictionary labels some words "archaic"

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Noun

This happened to coincide with the wide release of Chrome 148, and the label for this toggle included a pretty suspicious change versus v147. —

ArsTechnica, 8 May 2026 Then, Carla Zampatti will open the week, followed by a show from occasionwear label Maticevski, whose founder Toni Maticevski will make a return to AFW for the first time in 10 years. —

Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 8 May 2026

Verb

And since there’s currently mifepristone out in the world labeled with the 2023 policy, there would need to be a delay before new rules could be fully enforced. —

Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 8 May 2026 Our society labels divorce as a failure, with plenty of shame attached to it. —

Patricia Neligan, AJC.com, 7 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for label

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Noun

Cypress tied the score with two outs in the seventh when Jake De Laquil walked, stole second, went to third on a ground out and beat the tag at the plate on a ground ball with the infield in.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
Check with your nursery, read the tag, or Google.

— Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 12 May 2026