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verb (1)

past tense of tag
1
as in labeled
to attach an identifying slip to tagged all the dresses with sale stickers before putting them on the rack

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2
as in chased
to go after or on the track of wildlife experts surreptitiously tagged the timber wolf, carefully keeping a safe distance so the wolf wouldn't catch their scent and run

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tagged

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verb (2)

past tense of tag
1
as in slapped
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner he tagged me with a right hook and blackened my eye

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2
as in selected
to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities she tagged her most experienced operative for the special mission

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Recent Examples of tagged
Verb
Chuwi have no fear about being tagged as a political band, and are ready to embrace it. — Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026 Jackson Chourio was tagged out after trying to score from third on a ground ball with the infield in, a play that was challenged and upheld. — Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026 Jackson, who was already getting tagged as a sexist hothead in GOP ads, hasn’t really tried to soften his image. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 23 Oct. 2026 The 9-and-a-half-foot male shark was tagged by researchers in 2024 and has been detected up and down the outer Cape thousands of times by acoustic sonar. — Neal Riley, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026 In the last decade, 39 juvenile sand tigers have been caught and tagged. — Asia London Palomba, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Oct. 2026 But the right-hander was tagged by Jake Bauer's two-run double in the fourth and David Hamilton's RBI single that chased Glasnow in the fifth and left Milwaukee trailing 4-3. — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026 Since June 2025, the SIR has tagged roughly 130 million names for removal from the voter rolls. — Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2026 While Gutierrez has been productive, his performance has not been spotless, as he was tagged for two fumbles against both Tulsa and UAB. — Greg Luca, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tagged
  1. labeled
  2. chased
  3. slapped
  4. selected
  5. marked
  6. tracked
  7. slammed
  8. picked
Verb
  • Despite the charger advertising 160W charging passthrough, its USB-C ports labeled C1 and C2 each top out at 140W when just one device is plugged into the charger.
    — Cameron Faulkner, The Verge, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The processing defect was labeled a Class I Threat by the Food Safety and Inspection Service.
    — Eva Flowe October 21, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of labeled
Verb
  • Quarterback Ryan Rakowski of Palos Verdes High was rolling right while being chased.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Hayden said 32-year-old Lemark Jaramillo had chased a 17-year-old boy into the restaurant and was trying to stab him in retaliation for a fight that happened moments before at a nearby Chipotle.
    — Neal Riley, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of chased
Verb
  • Public support among Americans has plummeted, and partners in Europe and elsewhere have slapped sanctions on Israel.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2026
  • According to an affidavit for an arrest warrant, Gilder also attempted to leave with a ring, which was slapped out of his possession and recovered at the scene of the robbery.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of slapped
Verb
  • Workforce transformation, talent instability, declining trust, AI and technological acceleration were also selected almost as frequently.
    — Carol Geffner, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The sites selected for the projects—one in Cook Inlet, Alaska, and one in the Gulf of Maine—are smack in the middle of two endangered whale populations’ habitats.
    — Ryan Green, Scientific American, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of selected
Verb
  • The developmental flight test marked a significant step because the RIG-360 system and a PAC-3 missile communicated with each other during flight.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Tuesday’s civil court hearing marked the first time Avery and Gonzalez appeared in court together since her arrest.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of marked
Verb
  • Consumers’ expectations about the pace of future price hikes are closely tracked by the Federal Reserve.
    — Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Using a form of spectroscopy, the team then tracked changes in the electrons' energies over trillionths of a second.
    — Sven Badoux, New Atlas, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of tracked
Verb
  • Ivan Bates, who slammed the inability to get justice for the family, also addressed juvenile accountability in his new Beyond the Status Quo podcast with DJS Secretary Betsy Fox Tolentino.
    — Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Trump has also waived sanctions on Russia, a move which Zelenskyy slammed as helping Putin push on with Moscow’s full-scale invasion, which will hit the five-year mark in February.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of slammed
Verb
  • The property later passed through several notable hands, including Creative Artists Agency (CAA) co-chairman Kevin Huvane and filmmaker Roberto Sneider, before Channing Tatum picked it up for $6 million in 2015, according to Variety.
    — Michael Gioia, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Kansas was picked to finish fifth in the Big 12 preseason poll; the highest finish of the Schneider era was fifth place in 2021-22.
    — PJ Green October 21, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of picked

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“Tagged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tagged. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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