branded
Americanadjective
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marked with a branding iron to show ownership.
branded cattle.
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Commerce. carrying the brand or trademark of a manufacturer.
branded merchandise.
adjective
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Mungiu’s prickly, nonjudgmental studies of human behavior have sometimes led him to be branded as a provocateur.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
He also admitted stealing items of NHS branded clothing, a pager, and perfume.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
A small cadre of faculty who have branded themselves Uncivil have taken up this argument.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Banks signed on to provide tens of billions of dollars in loans to build the facilities, which were branded as being part of OpenAI’s Stargate initiative.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
“Live? A branded man, for all to say, ‘Look.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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