terming

verb

present participle of term
as in naming
to give a name to the armed forces began a rescue mission termed Operation In and Out

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Recent Examples of terming Curren Price, who has held the District 9 seat for 13 years, is terming out. — Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 The five-member governing body is guaranteed at least one new face, with four candidates vying for the open 4th District seat now that Doug Chaffee will be terming out at the end of the year. — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 2 June 2026 With Vice Mayor Pam Foley terming out, five individuals are vying for her District 9 seat, which encompasses a southwestern portion in San Jose, including the Cambrian Park neighborhood. — Grace Hase, Mercury News, 4 May 2026 Experts are terming this more of a long-term drought given the longevity but still, a wet spring could change things in a hurry. — Terry Eliasen, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for terming
  1. naming
  2. calling
  3. dubbing
  4. labeling
  5. designating
  6. nominating
  7. entitling
Verb
  • Nvidia’s whirlwind week Huang on Sunday admitted to having an extramarital affair, without naming the other party, and apologized to his family and colleagues.
    — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Sanders has introduced legislation that would ban naming federal buildings or land after one.
    — Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of naming
Verb
  • After calling the Sheriff’s Office a second time, Abeyta confronted Atkins in the parking lot, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Another person calling from PoorHouse said the whole building was ablaze but hung up upon realizing the police had already arrived.
    — Zoey Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of calling
Verb
  • To get those shows to viewers abroad, Netflix now relies on 122 localization partners globally, 119 of them dubbing studios.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Even British Vogue has highlighted its revival, dubbing it the ’00s messy-prep revival piece.
    — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of dubbing
Verb
  • Paide prefers to use simple file folders to organize her papers, and likes labeling those folders with sticky notes written with permanent markers.
    — Andee Tagle, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Last Thursday, the NYPD released photos of the victim and asked the public’s help finding her, labelling her a missing person.
    — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of labeling
Verb
  • Williamson and Prime Sports signed a five-year marketing representation contract, covering endorsement and sponsorship deals and designating Ford as Williamson’s exclusive representative for those types of deals.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 Nov. 2026
  • OpenAI’s approach to two of the three results also directly violates a clarifying statement AGMAI issued just a day before they were released by designating specific experts to shepherd the results into the public sphere.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of designating
Verb
  • Thank the University of Kansas for nominating me and the Blue Ribbon Committee for inducting me.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of nominating
Verb
  • This will be a full Gemini Intelligence device, entitling it to Google’s most expansive list of AI features.
    — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 5 Nov. 2026
  • 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
Definition of entitling

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“Terming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/terming. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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