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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as in naming

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

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Recent Examples of labeling 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 After labeling Benita a stage-five clinger, Morrey refocuses his attention on Sarah, a 33-year-old health-care manager and bartender. — Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026 After all, casinos don’t bother to make distinctions, labeling all winning systems as criminal. — Kit Chellel, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026 Collecting and manually labeling examples that cover all these conditions is therefore difficult and expensive. — Bo Wang, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026 Although heavily implied, officers at the news conference stopped short of labeling Betkouski as a suspect in the Tylenol murders. — Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026 Gardner said that the insurer missed the standard two-year deadline to recover the money and is now labeling routine billing as fraud to avoid legal time limits. — Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2026

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The arrangement also permitted Cuba to pay for some of the oil by sending doctors, athletic trainers, engineers, and other specialists to Venezuela, marking a significant step in the growing political and economic alliance between the two countries.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Oct. 2026
Charles saw Harry and his family in July, marking the first time the king had seen Meghan, Archie and Lilibet in person in four years.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of marking

Verb

The researchers also found that AI’s strength in flagging cancerous lesions didn’t carry over to naming the correct diagnosis among many possibilities.

— Leslie Baumann, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
These complaints have not proven gas station non-compliance, so The Observer is not naming the gas stations users claim overcharged.

— Eva Flowe October 22, Charlotte Observer, 22 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

As of last week, Moore is calling offensive plays for the Cougars, and the team has also made a change at quarterback.

— Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 21 Oct. 2026
Fraschilla has been calling Big 12 basketball for a quarter-century and knows the conference landscape as well as anybody.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 20 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

Verb

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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