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surnaming

verb

present participle of surname

as in styling

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In addition to styling the truck in SoCal, Honda is engineering it in Ohio.

— Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 23 July 2026
Let the jeans take center stage by pairing them with a simple T-shirt, or take after the TV host by styling them with a darling blouse and platform shoes.

— Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026

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Some moderate Democrats fear nominating El-Sayed would put their party's hold on the Michigan Senate seat in jeopardy.

— Jay Stahl, USA Today, 20 July 2026
Multiple candidates have already hopped into the race to replace him, though the process for nominating a new candidate remains largely unclear.

— Garrett Downs, CNBC, 9 July 2026

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Planning Commission Vice Chair Kerry Harvey asked how much a ballot measure would cost and suggested the city consider designating all data centers as heavy industrial use.

— Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 24 July 2026
Top-down governance sets the strategic intent and accountability by designating executive sponsorship and ownership, establishing governance councils or review boards and defining AI policies, compliance standards and risk tolerance.

— Sumeet Agrawal, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

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His nanny was his fierce protector and insulated him from the depredations of Nazis and their enablers, baptizing him and teaching him to handily hurl anti-Jewish epithets to fit in.

— Ron Kampeas, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2026
Maddock said Kozak had particularly loved presiding over Holy Saturday evening Mass, which is typically a time for baptizing people into the Catholic church.

— Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026

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What also felt exciting to me about titling the album and using a word that’s more rooted in the meaning of your own self being an exhibit on display.

— Jack Irvin, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026
With the titling issues sorted, Arkell said the developers will start with building out roads, sewers and utility lines, and clear the 50-acre property over the next eight to 10 months in order to make way for building construction.

— Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 6 July 2026

Definition of titling

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The ruling gave hijras official status as a minority community, entitling them to various forms of government assistance.

— Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 May 2026
The superintendent, general counsel and chief auditor qualify for the supplements due to provisions in their contracts entitling them to the same increases as other administrative staff, officials said.

— Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2026

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Thanks, as always, for the questions … Any chance KU sells the naming rights to any facility to raise money?

— Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026
Republican lawmakers have proposed moving the naming duties out of the Attorney General’s Office to nonpartisan legislative analysts, but those efforts have so far been stymied by Democrats.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2026

Definition of naming

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The National Republican Congressional Committee quickly released a digital ad Wednesday attacking Shah, labeling him a socialist and tying him to progressives in Congress.

— Jonathan J. Cooper, Fortune, 23 July 2026
Save yourself the guessing game of wondering what is in your fridge by labeling and dating your leftovers.

— Brittney Melton, NPR, 2 July 2026

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