tabbing

verb

present participle of tab
as in identifying

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  1. identifying
  2. naming
  3. designating
  4. stamping
  5. earmarking
  6. calling
Verb
  • Microsoft is introducing new AI tools designed to help customers continuously streamline and automate the process of identifying and reducing their exposure to security risks.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 27 July 2026
  • Why This Changes Who Wins Operators need to map long-term infrastructure capacity, grid headroom, water availability and substation backlogs while identifying which approvals will create delays if sequenced incorrectly.
    — Balaji Sreenivasan, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of identifying
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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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  • 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
Definition of designating
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  • At the gold-stamping station, customers can watch Smythson’s artisans personalize purchases with initials or signature motifs.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 24 July 2026
  • In 2012, after China issued passports containing a map depicting Aksai Chin and Arunachal Pradesh as its territory, the Indian embassy in Beijing responded by stamping visas for Chinese nationals with a map showing the two regions as part of India.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 July 2026
Definition of stamping
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  • United Kingdom cruise line Marella Cruises is permanently earmarking one of its ships, Marella Discovery 2, for adults-only cruises.
    — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • Now, county leaders and health officials are earmarking funds to address those issues.
    — Nakell Williams, CBS News, 30 June 2026
Definition of earmarking
Verb
  • The Nationals started calling some pitches from the dugout earlier this month, becoming the latest MLB team among a small but growing cohort who are breaking from the sport’s tradition in search of an analytical advantage.
    — Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • Bouclé has been popular long enough that some designers are calling it oversaturated.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
Definition of calling
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