Thesaurus results for MARKING

marking

verb

Definition of marking

present participle of mark

as in labeling

to attach an identifying slip to marked each application with a numbered sticker

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Relevance

as in characterizing

to be an important feature of an annual event marked mostly by noise and confusion

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as in recording

to make a written note of mark down the names of those who are planning to attend the dinner

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of marking In between — and during — history and math assignments, Calderon cultivated his skill set, becoming part of the program’s inaugural class that matriculated in June, marking the first full four-year cohort to finish. — Senior Television, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026 This year, Veterans Day falls on Wednesday, November 11, and restaurants and attractions across the United States are marking the occasion with free meals, drinks, discounts and other offers for veterans and military members. — Amanda Greenwood, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2026 The indie retailer is marking the occasion with a haul of exclusive wax pressings. — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 10 Nov. 2026 In 2021, a series of sacred, 300-year petroglyphs along the cliffs of Hawaii were defaced with a paintball gun, marking one in a string of incidents involving the artworks. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 9 Nov. 2026 Now, as Bergdorf Goodman marks its 125th anniversary, Roger Vivier creative director Gherardo Felloni is marking the milestone with a 10-piece capsule collection that centers on the signature Choc heel. — Katie Abel, Footwear News, 9 Nov. 2026 The top lawyer in the Justice Department's Civil Division resigned on Monday, marking the latest in a wave of departures since Democrats won back control of both the House and Senate in the midterm elections. — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 9 Nov. 2026 More than a century after his death, the house bears a blue plaque marking his former residence. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 9 Nov. 2026 The service described it as its first production contract for a high-energy laser weapon system, marking a shift from prototype development toward procurement and fielding. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for marking

Verb

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

Definition of labeling

Verb

Over the last 15 years, as analytics have grown from a tool in the toolbox to characterizing the entire box, writers, executives, agents, analysts and pundits have been devaluing runs batted in, saying the stat doesn’t matter.

— Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 10 Nov. 2026
Paoletta said the Democratic congressman was wrongly characterizing the scope of the original, century-old construction plan, citing correspondence from long-ago officials.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of characterizing

Verb

As the agents stood outside the emergency room entrance, a large crowd of protesters began to converge at the hospital, some banging pots and recording the interaction on their phones.

— Lauren Pozen, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
After recording the views, a recovery system Barnard called Repris consisted of a streamer to slow its drop and a GPS tracker to help locate the pod after landing.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of recording

Verb

OpenAI said the partnership would bring different expertise and approaches to identifying weaknesses.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
The lawsuit says Brave crawled and copied content from more than 30 billion webpages in its index without identifying itself or providing the owners of websites any mechanism to block its crawler, according to the newspapers’ complaint.

— Molly Crane Newman, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of identifying

Verb

Mondragón points to Canelo distinguishing Ryan Garcia as Mexican American, rather than Mexican.

— Francisco Aviles Pino, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026
The photo’s proliferation speaks to the growing impossibility of distinguishing real from fake as AI tools — like the ones Nvidia’s chips power — further permeate our personal algorithms.

— Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of distinguishing

Verb

Fontecchio and Gardner were the new additions to the Heat’s bench unit after logging just five minutes and two minutes, respectively, across the first four games of this trip.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 11 Nov. 2026
Even our hobbies have become things to document and measure, from logging films on Letterboxd to tracking our runs or taking aesthetic photos of our meals.

— Sonal Nain, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of logging

Verb

The model started sharing photos and videos of the intricate makeup process earlier that day, tagging Marino to give him credit for his work.

— Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2026
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

Definition of tagging

Verb

There are even more features on here, like converting audio to MIDI and transcribing your playing into tablature.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026
So, instead, Barr begins transcribing Dava’s work—but transcribing turns into editing, and editing into claiming.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026