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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to give a name to
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Recent Examples of label
Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2025
Pieces from the anniversary collection will sport a new label that was developed in house that will also be used on the store’s shopping bags.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025
Kyle Ingram, Charlotte Observer, 7 Sep. 2025
Remember to label, date, and mark each soil sample with the general location where it was collected.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Fill a tub with hot water and oxygen bleach, using the proportions recommended on the label.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2025
Pieces from the anniversary collection will sport a new label that was developed in house that will also be used on the store’s shopping bags.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
In the state legislature, Salvador has sponsored a variety of bills to regulate AI, including a ban on deepfakes in political campaigns and an initiative to create standards for labeling AI content.
—Kyle Ingram, Charlotte Observer, 7 Sep. 2025
Remember to label, date, and mark each soil sample with the general location where it was collected.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for label
Noun
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To verify type, look for these stolons and check the tag to verify the USDA Plant Hardiness Zones for your plant.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
12 Sep. 2025
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Andre Brown was given eight citations by Animal Services for violations, including failure to vaccinate the animal against rabies and failure to obtain a license tag.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The new gig marks Rosalía's first for Calvin Klein.—
Hedy Phillips,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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For Bafana Bafana, victory would mark a generational breakthrough — the ultimate validation of belief, unity, and resilience.—
Sindiswa Mabunda,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The Republican two-term president tapped Attorney General Pam Bondi to take temporary command of DC's police department and named Terry Cole, administrator of the Drug Enforcement Agency, the interim federal commissioner of the police department.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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The declaration also names the FBI, the DOJ, and the Executive Office of the President as defendants.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Sep. 2025
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Physicians are increasingly supported by systems capable of flagging disease markers invisible to the human eye.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Accepting the missing gives a marker to a previously vacant open space in the Desert area, and that’s where Zeruchroar resides.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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While 10 teams across South America, Asia, Oceania have already joined hosts Canada, Mexico and the United States in stamping their ticket to next June’s tournament, everything is still to play for in European qualifying.—
Jack Bantock,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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More on the nanoimprint lithography (NIL) Nanoimprint lithography (NIL) is like stamping patterns onto a film, but at a microscopic level.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Sep. 2025
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Was this what some people called analytic contentment?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
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Laura Ashley has also worked with fragrance specialists Freckleface on a handmade candle called Vintage 100 that combines two of Laura’s favorite scents, English rose and wild blackberries.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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At the very beginning, Stebbins is who all of the other boys think is either going to win the walk or will get the first ticket out.—
Leia Mendoza,
Variety,
13 Sep. 2025
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The organization has defended its dynamic pricing strategy, part of a plan to generate $3 billion in ticket sales next year, arguing that the money funds the sport around the world.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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The event, dubbed GW250114, became known in January when researchers spotted it with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) — a set of two identical instruments located in Livingston, Louisiana, and Hanford, Washington.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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And that sensitivity enabled the collaboration to record the sharpest gravitational wave signal thus far, dubbed GW250114.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Label.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/label. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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