labeled 1 of 2

variants or labelled

labeled

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verb

variants or labelled
past tense of label

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of labeled
Verb
During those latter conflicts, Cheney defended harsh interrogation techniques that others labeled torture. Bart Jansen, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025 Transportation Security Administration agents and close to 13,000 air traffic controllers are among federal workers labeled as essential and have been working with no pay since the start of the shutdown. Tara Suter, The Hill, 2 Nov. 2025 Property prices plunge by an average of 20% after they are labelled haunted – and up to 34% in the event of a murder, according to Utpal Bhattacharya, Chair Professor of Finance at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, who led a study on the phenomena in 2019. Chris Lau, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025 Daulton Varsho slapped a triple against Snell that could be labeled unlucky, but the lefty left the game with two runs on after throwing two wild pitches in the seventh inning. Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025 Prices start at $25 for adults for the public and change based on whether the night is labeled as value, non-peak or peak. Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 30 Oct. 2025 Whole leaf extract of aloe vera has been labeled as a possible carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 30 Oct. 2025 The buildings appeared to be in poor condition and the city labeled them dangerous, leading to their demolition. Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2025 Over nine months, the chapel's 30 tons of stone and 18,000 French terra-cotta roof tiles were carefully disassembled, labeled and shipped to Milwaukee. Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for labeled
Verb
  • Laughton's political career was marked by complications and legal troubles.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Saturday marked a happy homecoming of sorts for Hornets co-offensive coordinator and running backs coach AC Patterson, who had two different stints as a Portland State assistant coach, including from 2022-24.
    Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 9 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The Philippines is no stranger to typhoons and Kalmaegi made landfall as the equivalent of a category 2 hurricane – the 20th named storm to impact the country this year, according to local officials.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Two tipsters had told Carpenter that a man named Don Miller had stolen human remains and burial pieces from Native American graves along with other cultural artifacts from around the world.
    Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • So, as with those who have preceded LaFleur in the titled offensive coordinator position, LaFleur’s role is expected to be largely administrative.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2023
  • As for the child's identity, the Starhemberg family crypt was reserved for titled members—usually firstborn sons—and their wives.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Jan. 2023
Verb
  • The district identified major concerns with fiscal and academic conditions at Aspire Capitol Heights Academy earlier this year as the school sought charter renewal.
    Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 8 Nov. 2025
  • To avoid contamination, team members had their DNA genotyped so their own sequences could be identified and removed from the samples.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Senate Majority Leader John Thune quickly endorsed the deal and called the immediate vote to begin the process of approving it as the shutdown continued to disrupt flights nationwide, threaten food assistance for millions of Americans and leave federal workers without pay.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The book is called The Care and Keeping of You.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Little known to the industry, Castro Freitas graduated from Central Saint Martins in 2004, only to be handpicked soon after by John Galliano to work at Dior.
    Vogue Business Team, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Based on known research, information and the pushback on this claim by experts including deGrasse Tyson himself, there is no evidence to suggest the Earth is flat.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Soon, Wegovy and Zepbound will be sold on a new website—dubbed TrumpRx—for only about $250 a month, a fraction of their current retail price of more than $1,000.
    Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The documents come from a cache of records — dubbed the Pandora Papers — from 14 financial services firms from across the world that were leaked to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, who in turn shared the documents with the Miami Herald and other news outlets.
    Deena Sabry, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • In some quarters, that might be termed socialistic.
    John Cassidy, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Joe Carollo served two back-to-back terms and is now termed out.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 5 Nov. 2025

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“Labeled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/labeled. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.

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