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Recent Examples of termed
Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
The Fisher Protocol, as it was termed, makes vivid the reality that nuclear war, so often spoken of in the bloodless language of tactics and strategy, is unimaginably horrific.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2025
Task interdependence leads to complex agency problems, leading to what is termed the multi-task principal agent problem.
—Anjana Susarla, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
One is an approach termed Mixture-of-Experts, which involves figuring out how to only activate the portion of an AI model needed to handle specific requests, which can drop computational needs by a factor of 10 to 100.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 22 Aug. 2025
Sanders finished 14-of-23 for 138 yards and two touchdowns in what could be termed an emergency detour from the Browns’ still-evolving quarterback plans.
—Zac Jackson, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2025
The incident follows damage to two data cables and the Nord Stream gas pipelines, both of which have been termed sabotage.
—Lorne Cook The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 28 Dec. 2024
The tech ecosystem has long identified an overarching feeling of loneliness, responding in multiple virtual solutions broadly termed AI companions.
—Dr. Tal Patalon, Md, Llb, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Commissioner Kevin Thompson termed the vote a matter of parity and fairness.
—Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 17 Dec. 2024
Adjective
Per Dumas’ filing, Weatherington had been on the board for 11 years and had already termed out.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
The Fisher Protocol, as it was termed, makes vivid the reality that nuclear war, so often spoken of in the bloodless language of tactics and strategy, is unimaginably horrific.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2025
Task interdependence leads to complex agency problems, leading to what is termed the multi-task principal agent problem.
—Anjana Susarla, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
One is an approach termed Mixture-of-Experts, which involves figuring out how to only activate the portion of an AI model needed to handle specific requests, which can drop computational needs by a factor of 10 to 100.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 22 Aug. 2025
Sanders finished 14-of-23 for 138 yards and two touchdowns in what could be termed an emergency detour from the Browns’ still-evolving quarterback plans.
—Zac Jackson, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2025
The incident follows damage to two data cables and the Nord Stream gas pipelines, both of which have been termed sabotage.
—Lorne Cook The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 28 Dec. 2024
The tech ecosystem has long identified an overarching feeling of loneliness, responding in multiple virtual solutions broadly termed AI companions.
—Dr. Tal Patalon, Md, Llb, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Commissioner Kevin Thompson termed the vote a matter of parity and fairness.
—Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 17 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for termed
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For the high-energy number, which at times resembled a block party and at other times a protest, Carpenter called on a number of drag stars.—
Mikelle Street,
Them.,
8 Sep. 2025
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Turkey’s best men’s marathoner in Rio was born in Kenya — once named Mike Kipruto Kigen, and now called Kaan Kigen Ozbilen — and two of their three athletes in the women’s marathon originated from Ethiopia.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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The Republican two-term president tapped Attorney General Pam Bondi to take temporary command of DC's police department and named Terry Cole, administrator of the Drug Enforcement Agency, the interim federal commissioner of the police department.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Now that she’s named her successor as Vogue’s top editor, Anna Wintour seems a bit more relaxed.—
Lisa Respers France,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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The 12 were sentenced over the last year to jail or prison in what the Michigan Attorney General's Office dubbed a large-scale criminal organization responsible for the thefts of hundreds of vehicles throughout six counties in the region and state.—
Christina Hall,
USA Today,
6 Sep. 2025
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Both students were dubbed three-star recruits, and university president Kimo Ah Yun wrote in a letter to the community that they had each been named BIG EAST All-Academic Team athletes for their work as students.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
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Other citations included containers stored as clean with food residue, large bins of dry ingredients not labeled and rust buildup on shelves of walk-in cooler.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Sep. 2025
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The event was labelled as one of the most credible military UFO encounters, and also became the subject of an Iranian film.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
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While thousands of people have fled Gaza City, many still remain reluctant to move to the crowded areas the Israeli military has designated for them in the south of the strip.—
Jordana Miller,
ABC News,
4 Sep. 2025
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According to city records, the property is designated a Historic and Cultural Landmark, but has not been protected from demolition.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Sep. 2025
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Her eldest son Maddox, 24, who worked as a production assistant on Maria, served as the third assistant director on Couture, which was previously titled Stitches.—
Eric Andersson,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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The executive made her public debut at the spring 2026 Jacquemus show last June, titled Le Paysan and paraded in the vast Orangerie building at the Palace of Versailles.—
WWD Staff,
Footwear News,
8 Sep. 2025
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Hart worked in both television and on Broadway, with her stage credits including the revivals of The Heiress (1976) and Design for Living (1984), as well as the premiere production of Tom Stoppard's 1977 play Dirty Linen & New-Found-Land, for which she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award.—
Vandana Pawa,
People.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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They were both nominated in the Artist of the Year category,.—
Toni Fitzgerald,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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This was followed by varieties of sovereign default, typically involving either a failure to make debt payments and a restructuring of debt terms, or a bout of currency depreciation to inflate away debts denominated in domestic currencies.—
Nathan Lewis,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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There’s a great irony in the bulk of the world’s stablecoins being denominated in USD and yet originating from overseas, out of necessity because of the previous administration.—
Sean Lee,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Termed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/termed. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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