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present participle of name
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Recent Examples of naming
Verb
In episode 5, Noah (Brody) is the Rabbi at a baby-naming ceremony that happens to be for an elementary school nemesis of Joanne (Kristen Bell), influencer Abby (Meester). Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025 Soon there’s a birthday party, Valentine’s Day, a brit bat (aka a baby-naming ceremony), Purim (a celebration of Jewish deliverance casually referred to as Jewish Halloween), and a game night at a beer garden. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 23 Oct. 2025 In 2024, the ATP and WTA signed a sponsorship agreement with PIF, which made the $925 billion fund the naming partner of their respective rankings. Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 23 Oct. 2025 Two months later, Kaseya won naming rights to the downtown arena where the Miami Heat plays basketball. Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025 The policy, adopted about six weeks earlier, was designed to limit political influence over the naming of parks and city assets, Inzunza said. Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025 Fifteen of the dead were families attending a naming ceremony for a child, reports said. Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025 But to get on the Colorado Geological Survey’s official list, the peak must have gone through the USGS naming procedures and reside in the Geographic Names Information System. Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 17 Oct. 2025 Michigan Lottery, a longtime AB&E stage sponsor, stepped in to assume naming rights in July. Brian McCollum, Freep.com, 14 Oct. 2025
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McClatchy News is not naming the man as he has not been formally charged. Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2025 The Tennessean is not naming those men as they have not been included in the nuisance proceedings. Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025 Classical French cuisine found a new audience across London, Paris, and New York—and once-fusty sauces were something worth naming on the menu again. Joel Hart, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025 Judge Colodny never appointed him to that role, instead naming a neutral lawyer as the curator in charge of the estate’s assets. Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025 This is the fifth year of the campaign effort to petition Detroit’s city council to honor Mudge by naming a street after him. Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 22 Oct. 2025 No one ever came forward, and a local family adopted the sisters together, naming them Tina and Melissa and giving them a loving home. Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025 Fox News Digital isn't naming the suspect as he hasn't yet been charged as an adult. Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025 The French house on Friday released a statement officially confirming the departure of its men’s artistic director Véronique Nichanian, without naming a successor. Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for naming
Verb
  • The officer calmly and sweetly talks to the dog, calling to Moose to get the canine to come closer.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Someone keeps calling her on the landline and leaving voice messages and texting her mobile phone—bits of song lyrics, compliments, and emoticons.
    David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Zydlewski worked with Collins’s office to revise Sea Grant’s funding application, specifying how the program aligned with Administration priorities.
    Emma Green, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Approximately 50 soldiers guarding the vehicles attempted to repel the attackers, presidential spokesperson Carolina Jaramillo said, without specifying whether anyone was injured.
    Michael Rios, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
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  • There is even talk of nominating the Tabarchine saga for UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list.
    Miquel Ros, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The president reportedly said that Pakistan was nominating him for the Nobel Peace Prize, implying that Modi should do the same.
    Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
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  • However, selecting an optimal material for the transducer has proven difficult, as different candidates vary widely in electrical performance, surface characteristics, and long-term stability.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The team went on to make the third pick of the 2023 NBA draft, selecting Scoot Henderson, a guard.
    Dan Mangan, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
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  • The Golden State Valkyries, a brand-new expansion team with no traditional star player, sold out all its regular season home games while setting the all-time WNBA record for average attendance and total fans—and two more expansion teams will be added to the roster in 2026.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Most recently, Melrose was the face of Rare Beauty’s contour products, the One/Size SPF setting spray, Larroude shoes and Cetaphil’s foam cleanser launch.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
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  • Members of the committee from both political parties criticized Underly for choosing to accept an alumni award at Indiana University instead of appearing before the committee Thursday to answer questions about student safety for the public that have arisen because of the Capital Times reporting.
    Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • While Alana was selective about her wedding look, choosing a Vivienne Westwood gown, jewelry by Dorsey and a custom gold band by Sofia Kaman.
    Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
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  • Coaches McEntire, Snoop Dogg, Niall Horan, and Michael Bublé will choose one of their team members for the designation, and from there, the audience votes to send one of those artists to appear in the Rose Parade on New Year's Day.
    Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025
  • One of the coolest phenomenons—lights that defy a definitive scientific explanation—predate the park designation.
    Graham Averill, Outside, 28 Oct. 2025
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  • That’s all without mentioning the fact that the Crown notched a nine-game win streak to conclude the season — tying the longest streak in the post-shootout era in MLS.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 22 Oct. 2025
  • However, the only evidence explicitly mentioning Jones in the report pertains to a pair of Facebook posts made before and after the incident.
    Amanda McCoy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Naming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/naming. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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