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verb

past tense of term

as in called

to give a name to the armed forces began a rescue mission termed Operation In and Out

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Quantum particles carrying information that could determine their behavior is termed hidden variables, since this information might not be accessible for scientists to observe it. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026 The race for California state treasure is wide open since the current officeholder, Fiona Ma, is termed out and running for lieutenant governor. — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 There, it is made plain that the Atlas marked a momentous shift in the epistemology of the search, one that might already be termed algorithmic. — Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026 That agreement remains unimplemented due to what the government has termed budgetary constraints. — ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026 Maxwell’s Tabitha also finds herself in an inter-office relationship best termed problematic. — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2026 Fruen is seeking re-election, and Vice Mayor Liang Chao is termed out. — Sanestina Hunter, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2026 Escalona was elected District 3 commissioner in December after Joe Carollo termed out. — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026 Earnings at Nike are also termed low quality on Wolfe's screen, with an EQ score of 17. — Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026

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Rounded tables naturally encourage conversation and connection because everyone faces one another equally; there's no designated head of the table, and, as Austin points out, there are no bad seats.

— Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 June 2026

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In June, Kifowit was named executive director of the Construction Industry Service Corporation, a non-profit labor-management association representing unionized construction trades in Cook, DuPage, Lake, McHenry, Kane and Kendall counties.

— Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
Housing officials left the student in the room for two weeks after the accuser’s lawsuit publicly named him, prompting a professor to call the arrangement a security risk.

— Leah Willingham, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026

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The 53,800-square-foot building, dubbed Le Large, is the passion project of Laurent Dumas, founder and president of the Emerige real estate group and its philanthropic arm, the Emerige Endowment Fund.

— Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026
Linvill and several other research groups attributed them to Russian operators the research community has dubbed Storm-1516.

— Shannon Bond, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of dubbed

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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

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In a June 2026 paper titled When AI Builds Itself, Anthropic warned that the recursive loop has moved from science fiction to operational reality faster than the company itself expected.

— Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
In the exhibition, Liotard’s portraits of Marie-Antoinette and Marie Caroline have been newly titled to reflect the true identities of the sitters.

— Karen Chernick, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of titled

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Over the course of her long career, Curtis, 67, has developed a lengthy résumé in film and television, winning numerous accolades along the way, including an Oscar and an Emmy (she’s been nominated for a Grammy too — there’s still time for an EGOT).

— Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Even = Paweł Pawlikowski, Fatherland Having been previously nominated for Cold War, Pawlikowski comes into the season sporting a Best Director prize from Cannes for his spartan postwar travelogue.

— Nate Jones, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of nominated

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The big story China's decades-long push for yuan internationalization is getting a lift from the buildout of Hong Kong as a gold trading center — denominated in the Chinese currency.

— Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026
Square identifies Bitcoin as the payment method while keeping the transaction denominated in dollars within its reporting environment.

— Karen Koehler, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026

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