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surnaming

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present participle of surname

as in styling

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In past years, Williams has had styling gigs with Burrow, Karl-Anthony Towns, Matt Barnes and Kyle Kuzma.

— Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026
For an off-the-field look, try styling a knee-high pair with a skirt, dress, or capri pants.

— Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 3 Sep. 2026

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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

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Instead, the Fox will use the space to capture interviews, podcasts and videos while designating the area for media to interview talent at the theater.

— DeAsia Paige, AJC.com, 1 Sep. 2026
But for the last 15 years, two governors, Jerry Brown and Gavin Newsom, and the Legislature have been beefing up financial support for schools and designating much of that money to be spent on closing the gap.

— Dan Walters, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 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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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
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

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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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The film’s opening scene has her wading naked in Hampstead Ponds at night, looking up at the blinking stars and naming the constellations to herself, then closing her eyes as if to let the galaxies above wash over her.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
That year a team managed to factor RSA-250, which, in a similar naming convention to the other RSA numbers has 250 base-10 digits.

— Peter Hall, Scientific American, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of naming

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Lueking also recommends labelling the storage envelope with the plant name and harvest date for easy reference, as germination rates decline over time.

— Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 1 Sep. 2026
In Season 6, fans honed in on Andrea Carmona, quickly labeling her as an antagonist.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 31 Aug. 2026

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