as in naming
to give a name to
although nowadays he's often styled a biologist, he's probably better thought of as a classic 19th-century naturalist
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Recent Examples of styling
The arrival carpet was bestrewed with attendees in designer garb, with Sweeney in one of Christian Cowan‘s latest designs and Hudson styling Carolina Herrera’s fabric-draping iteration.
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Julia Teti, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
Dakota Johnson showed off this particular cow-print pair earlier this summer, styling them with wide jeans and a classic trench coat.
—Katharina Fuchs, Glamour, 30 Oct. 2025
Sánchez Bezos has been working with Molly Dickson—stylist for Sydney Sweeney, Lana Del Rey, and Ariana Greenblatt—for a number of months now, who has been styling her in major archival pulls and fresh-of-the-runway looks.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2025
Reportedly, the King wants his brother to stop styling himself as Prince, not just give up his Duke of York title.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 23 Oct. 2025
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Julia Teti, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
Dakota Johnson showed off this particular cow-print pair earlier this summer, styling them with wide jeans and a classic trench coat.
—Katharina Fuchs, Glamour, 30 Oct. 2025
Sánchez Bezos has been working with Molly Dickson—stylist for Sydney Sweeney, Lana Del Rey, and Ariana Greenblatt—for a number of months now, who has been styling her in major archival pulls and fresh-of-the-runway looks.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2025
Reportedly, the King wants his brother to stop styling himself as Prince, not just give up his Duke of York title.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for styling
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The Tennessean is not naming those charged until additional information is provided.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
7 Nov. 2025
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The release did not disclose the terms of the naming rights deal.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
7 Nov. 2025
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IMDb now accepts credits for dubbing foreign-language versions of movies and TV shows, which is just much better for those professionals to showcase their global work.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
5 Nov. 2025
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Voice actors can now submit dubbing credits on their IMDb profiles.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Nov. 2025
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Mamdani tried to moderate his positions in the waning weeks of the campaign, appearing on Fox News and apologizing to police officers for once labeling the NYPD as racist, wicked and corrupt.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
4 Nov. 2025
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Instead of simply labeling a photo as a dog or a cat, researchers can now train models that compose music, draft text, or even invent new molecules.—
Chelsea Haney
October 30,
New Atlas,
30 Oct. 2025
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Even calling it a magazine is a conscious way of trying to distinguish the work producers are putting months and months of effort into recording and writing from what podcasting has become.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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The negative reviews — some going as far as calling All’s Fair the worst show ever with the worst acting — triggered a new media cycle of stories.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025
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Sony Pictures has made Aaron Sorkin‘s The Social Network follow-up official, titling it The Social Reckoning and setting a fall theatrical release of October 9, 2026.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
26 Sep. 2025
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that Takaichi would be nominating Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 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
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“Styling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/styling. Accessed 23 Nov. 2025.
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