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tabbing

verb

present participle of tab

as in identifying

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The kill chain—the sequence of steps between identifying a target and destroying it—was only as fast and accurate as his keystrokes.

— Dan Driscoll, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2026
Ukrainian drone attacks overnight started fires at three infrastructure facilities in Russia's Krasnodar region, local emergency officials said Monday, without identifying the locations.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of identifying

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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

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Indeed, the administration has wielded its power against Anthropic, with the Pentagon previously designating the company a rare supply-chain risk and stalled the release of its Mythos model.

— Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026
But the Supreme Court ruled that federal law hadn’t blocked states from designating grace periods.

— Bart Jansen, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of designating

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That car became a rally staple, training a generation of drivers, including the French legend Jean Ragnotti, and stamping its double white stripe into motorsport folklore.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2026
This metal punch press mold functions like slices of bread in a sandwich, stamping hot plastic sheets into lightweight thermoplastic aircraft doors.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026

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But considering the child of someone whose transformational philanthropy may fund scholarships for low-income students for generations is a far cry from earmarking admissions slots simply because a parent attended the university.

— Jayson Weingarten, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026
Connecticut was among the few states helping to cover the loss of federal health insurance subsidies by earmarking millions of dollars to soften the blow for more than 150,000 Connecticut residents.

— Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026

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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

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