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labeling
  • present participle of label.

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Labeling a food as ultraprocessed doesn’t always indicate whether or not it’s nutritious, and that could cause confusion.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

Labeling him “the first Impressionist,” it presents Pissarro as a painter who led the way, albeit one focused on unglamorous aspects of everyday life, mostly in the countryside outside Paris.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

Labeling the invoices as “registration” may have helped ensure that the DWP would reimburse Accenture, because the city covers employees’ costs to attend informational conferences.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2024

"Labeling with multiple tools reduces bias as each tool struggles with certain types of texts and tones," said Katie Vu, an undergraduate majoring in electrical engineering and computer science and co-author of the study.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2024

Labeling his teenage years a "pure horror," Stallman says he often felt like a deaf person amid a crowd of chattering music listeners.

From Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software by Williams, Sam