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labeling

verb

variants or labelling

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present participle of label

as in marking

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 naming

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

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Recent Examples of labeling What ultimately matters is not labeling people as rational or irrational, but being explicit about which conception of rationality is at work – and why. —

Alejandro Hortal-Sánchez, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2026 Yet Reddick shied away from labeling his team as the best in Cup. —

ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026 Noem earlier this month refused to apologize for labeling Pretti a domestic terrorist. —

Bart Jansen, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026 In March 2025, tensions between the two governments escalated when the US deported more than 200 Venezuelan migrants, labeling them criminals, to the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) in El Salvador. —

Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 17 Mar. 2026 The worker, according to a lawsuit, brushed ashes with a bare hand into what appeared to be a plastic sandwich bag, without labeling the bag or marking where the sample came from within the Altadena house. —

Tony Saavedra, Daily News, 5 Mar. 2026 On March 5, Noem refused to apologize to the families of Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good for labeling them domestic terrorists. —

Angela George, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 5 Mar. 2026 In other words, use of the Defense Production Act to compel Anthropic to offer its product without any restrictions made a lot more sense than labeling the company a supply chain risk. —

Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 4 Mar. 2026 The more consequential announcement came from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who said shortly after that the DOD was labeling Anthropic a supply chain risk — a move that not only threatens the company’s work with the Pentagon, but also its broader business as well. —

Julia Shapero, The Hill, 3 Mar. 2026

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Norway’s Northern Lights project has started injecting carbon dioxide captured from wastewater, marking a new step in expanding carbon capture beyond heavy industry.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 26 Mar. 2026
The Congressional Progressive Caucus, which includes roughly 100 House Democrats, has formally opposed a reauthorization without changes to the program, marking its strongest stance yet against Section 702 and complicating the path forward for GOP leadership, according to the Hill.

— Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 25 Mar. 2026