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brand-

[brand] / brænd /


brand




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label negatively
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"It humbles me greatly that the words that I coined for the brand- protest, visibility, unity and equality - will be on an actual coin, opposite the Queen," he said.

From BBC ● May 18, 2022

Every view is a good view; it’s brand- new, so it’s hard not to like; and the acoustics are great.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2019

That shrinks the already small field of venders in the brand- and manufacturer-loyal industry, threatening higher prices as demand swells.

From Reuters ● Jul. 30, 2012

According to Italy's brand- new Ministry of Immigration, 662,047 registered foreigners from outside the E.C. are in the country, and probably another 600,000 are there illegally.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was Easter and I was wearing a brand- new white suit.

From "Booked" by Kwame Alexander

“They don’t care if it came from the brand, if it came from the dealer,” said Greenspoon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

The Duo's launch, which attracted long queues at Apple stores around the world last week, comes as the brand tries to reinvigorate its catalogue and challenge the foldable phones offered by rivals.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Harvard’s Mark Egan and four co-authors find in a new paper that everyday users are highly price sensitive when buying chatbot subscriptions, and show little brand loyalty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

It also chimed with his wider brand of politics as a former union leader: standing up to powerful figures.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

On the side was the name of the refrigerator brand, Super Cool.

From "Wolfie & Fly" by Cary Fagan

Several Chinese brands have dropped French footballer Kylian Mbappé as backlash grew online over alleged comments by him referring to the late Chinese leader Mao Zedong.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Kylian Mbappe was dropped Tuesday by two major brands in China after a video circulated online in which the French football superstar apparently joked about former leader Mao Zedong.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

Given brands have not mentioned the controversial clip, some users on social media are also asking what exactly Mbappé had said or done that was offensive.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Ben & Jerry’s could make it easier for another buyer to digest the rest of Magnum, whose brands have drawn takeover interest before, according to people familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

She learned the names of the classiest brands.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart

Macron has branded the shooting a "racist terrorist attack", as most of the victims were from foreign backgrounds.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

Wunderle Candy created Candy Corn in the 1880s, and Goelitz Confectionary scaled and branded the treat as a Halloween product.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

In comment fields online, some branded it the "worst Games in history" and urged a "full investigation".

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Taylor Farms maintained that its own branded salad kits were unaffected, a distinction that mattered scientifically, if not necessarily psychologically, to shoppers eyeing the refrigerated wall of greens.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026

So, of course, every word was immediately, irrevo-cably branded into my brain.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

Targeted streaming buys and regional, sales-driven executions have usurped the high-level national prime time branding spots that once dominated linear TV.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Tech companies are also increasingly branding AI assistants as cute mascots, a choice that some say encourages users to project personalities and emotions onto the agent.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

When his wife supported him, branding young Amy Acton a liar, both the girl and her younger brother were removed from Donna Arthur’s custody and raised by their biological father.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

Some also said they had not authorised the use of their branding, and some said they would not accept certificates provided through the company's training.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

He became an expert at branding, dehorning, castrating, and selling stock.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann


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