Thesaurus results for LABELLING

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 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 Noem refused to apologize to the families of Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good for labeling them domestic terrorists. —

Christopher Cann, USA Today, 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 Noem drew bipartisan scrutiny for labeling Good and Pretti domestic terrorists shortly after their deaths. —

Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 3 Mar. 2026 The Heat is labeling Powell as week to week. —

Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2026 Zone mapping is not about buying more containers or labeling every jar. —

Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 25 Feb. 2026

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The president has started a war and levied sweeping tariffs, marking a major expansion of executive power at the expense of the legislative branch.

— Liz Goodwin, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2026
See historical objects and displays that shed light on an early road network still in use today, iron products made at pre-Revolutionary War iron works, and inscribed boundary stones marking estates owned by prominent Annapolitans.

— Staff Report, Baltimore Sun, 11 Mar. 2026