Thesaurus results for STYLING

styling

verb

Definition of styling

present participle of style

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 Ahead, see how stars are styling the sultry bra-as-a-top trend. — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026 Their ultra-clean silhouette makes styling them seamless, too, proving fashion-forward shoes can be just as versatile as your everyday lineup. — Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2026 When styling this haircut, use a smoothing serum or oil, which will come in handy after the hair is dry. — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2026 Besides the powdery purple shade, most purple bottoms feature a beautiful deep grape hue that works similarly to styling a navy or chocolate brown. — Kaitlin Clapinski, InStyle, 25 Sep. 2026 Gibbs enjoys styling them with scented candles—though, there are plenty of styling options. — Shagun Khare, The Spruce, 23 Sep. 2026 Finish the look by styling the pants with an airy white blouse and cherry red flats. — Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026 For a night out, try styling them with a miniskirt and blazer or a shorter dress. — Malia Griggs, Glamour, 15 Sep. 2026

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The board of Goldman Sachs has held talks about naming COO and President John Waldron the bank's new CEO as soon as next year, The Wall Street Journal reported late Monday , citing people familiar with the matter.

— Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
The State Department condemned the aid convoy strike without naming who was responsible.

— Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of naming

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The new live features include a new co-hosting function in which two creators can appear on the same stream together, and a live auto-dubbing tool that automatically translates speech in real time.

— Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
The platform also carries premium-quality subtitles and dubbing in more than 12 Asian languages, among them English, Hindi, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada and Marathi.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of dubbing

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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

Definition of labeling

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Whatever the underlying reason, calling the problem by its name — gently recognizing the caregiver is struggling — adds a sense of agency and the strength to keep going.

— Alicja Turczyk, The Dial, 29 Sep. 2026
To get the coach's side of the story, CBS News Detroit tried calling her, reaching out to her on social media, knocking on her door and writing her a letter.

— Julia Avant, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of calling

Verb

Agada often looks to literature when titling his work — not to curate the viewing experience or interpretation of the work, but to add another layer of meaning.

— Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026
This particularly bizarre corner of the practice (a band titling a song after another band who have a song with their name) actually has precedent, though.

— Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of titling

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Voters also will be nominating candidates for the entire state Legislature, where Republicans hold a roughly 40-vote majority in the 400-member House and outnumber Democrats in the Senate 16-8.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
And in the event that Chris Hansen is indeed the role that finally lands the actor a nomination, in a very literal sense, the Academy will also be nominating him for The Odyssey.

— Nate Jones, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of nominating

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