brand
noun
the kind, grade, or make of a product or service, as indicated by a stamp, trademark, or the like.
had branded
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past perfectof brand.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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In a public confrontation with Reform UK home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf in Portsmouth on Monday, Thomas complained that Nigel Farage had branded his Dover protest "disgusting".
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
It wasn’t just the silicone that media outlets had branded suspicious and sinister.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2026
“The war against the Allies was nearly over, but the Reich’s war on the German citizens it had branded as traitors would be fought to the very end,” Mr. Freedland writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025
While detained, he noticed authorities had branded the interrogation area as a pseudo-mental wellness safe space — messaging that contradicted the reality of his experience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2025
To my astonishment I heard that Buddy Nealson had branded me a “smuggler of reaction.”
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
