labelling

Example Sentences

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"Labelling everyone a terrorist does not make them a lawful target and enables states to side-step international law," he said.

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2025

Labelling can contribute to used ropes being treated more as a valuable resource, the researchers believe.

From Science Daily • Feb. 13, 2024

Labelling the trial period as “indefinite” is the first hint dropped by the Mariners that the Jamaican will be given every opportunity – and then some – to prove his worth.

From The Guardian • Aug. 8, 2018

Labelling a P1 patient as P3 is of course dangerous but “over-triage” is also associated with higher mortality, since it can clog up wards.

From Economist • Oct. 12, 2017

Labelling an island ‘Lanzarote’s Island’ is not quite the same thing as naming it Lanzarote, and it is unclear when the transition from the one to the other took place—it was certainly after 1385.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton