Thesaurus results for LABELLING

labeling

verb

variants or labelling

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

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Recent Examples of labeling Paide prefers to use simple file folders to organize her papers, and likes labeling those folders with sticky notes written with permanent markers. — Andee Tagle, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026 Last Thursday, the NYPD released photos of the victim and asked the public’s help finding her, labelling her a missing person. — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 27 Oct. 2026 Valadao has fired back by labeling Villegas a socialist whose policies and values are out of step with the district. — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 26 Oct. 2026 The game also proved frustrating for Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, whose play had pundits labeling it a career-worst performance. — Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 26 Oct. 2026 Trump has also recently taken to labeling certain Democrats as socialists. — Kevin Igoe, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026 Crime went up early in his term, and although a Times analysis cast serious doubt on links between the spike and the district attorney’s policies, Gascón’s name became shorthand for labeling a politician as soft on crime. — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026 After Bowers died —just months after Epstein’s death in August 2019—viral social media posts began labeling Bowers as Jeffrey Epstein’s private wealth banker, which is not true. — Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026 The process of labeling AI music will be similar to Google’s detection setup with YouTube videos. — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026

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Studio secretaries clipped their columns before the morning dailies reached the lot, marking any mention of the studio’s stars with red pencil.

— Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 27 Oct. 2026
In 2025, Amazon pledged 250,000 holiday jobs, marking a 20% increase in jobs.

— Itzel Franco, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026

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Michael Olaribigbe filed the lawsuit in Cobb County Superior Court on Tuesday naming members of the Cobb County Board of Elections and Registrations and asking the court to grant him and around 2,900 other voters emergency relief.

— Dan Raby, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
As leaders at all levels of California government moved to rename parks, schools and other civic institutions designated in Chavez’s honor, people often suggested naming them after Huerta instead.

— Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of naming

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In a series of TikTok videos made yesterday, North West debuted an exaggerated prosthetic chin and slick-black bob, tagging the Bad Girls star.

— Isabella Albaig, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026
Startup Hamlet has parsed tens of thousands of city council meetings by scraping local governments’ video recordings, tagging comments as friendly or hostile to a potential project.

— J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of tagging

Verb

After Taobao rolled out its AI calling feature, rival Meituan followed suit.

— Zoë Schiffer, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2026
That performance came despite the fact DeMeco Ryans took over the defensive play-calling a couple of games ago without much improvement to show for it.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of calling

Verb

Acoustic monitoring could therefore provide an additional layer of protection by identifying unusual mechanical behaviour that might otherwise go unnoticed during routine inspections.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 26 Oct. 2026
But Rodrigues believes technology can augment traditional teaching methods by examining how a student solves an algebra problem or structures a piece of writing and identifying learning gaps.

— Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of identifying

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The author argued that designating the group as a terrorist organization put vandalism, public demonstrations, and base disruptions on the same level as al-Qaeda war crimes.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2026
Some Security members have expressed concerns that designating political figures would interfere in Haiti’s internal affairs, particularly with elections approaching, while others have criticized the lack of enforcement on an arms embargo.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of designating

Verb

Curren Price, who has held the District 9 seat for 13 years, is terming out.

— Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
The five-member governing body is guaranteed at least one new face, with four candidates vying for the open 4th District seat now that Doug Chaffee will be terming out at the end of the year.

— Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 2 June 2026

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