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annotate

[an-uh-tayt] / ˈæn əˌteɪt /


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She would annotate each image with an arrow, directing my next move, and send it back.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2025

They must be able — with full certainty — to annotate and explain data they cite and how they reach conclusions.

From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2024

Researchers annotate viruses by matching viral sequences in a sample to previously annotated sequences available in public databases of viral genetic sequences.

From Salon ● May 17, 2024

TikTok has an engineering team focused on developing large language models that can recognize and generate text, and they’re hiring writers and reporters who can annotate and improve the performance of these AI models.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2024

“Oh, I can’t wait to analyze and annotate them,” said Millard, rubbing his hands together.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

Ever the eager pedagogue, as played with buoyant energy by Mr. Morse, Beckett annotates her performance: “Haydn based that movement of the symphony on a folk song. From Croatia.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

You share this archiving instinct with your sister, who meticulously annotates everything she does.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2024

Fast-forward a few years and Ding himself annotates in the book his famous sacrificial masterpiece against GM Jinshi Bai, played in a round of the Chinese Chess League in 2017.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 12, 2023

When users type a question into its subscription-based tool Assistant, the software pulls an answer from ChatGPT and automatically annotates the text with references to relevant scholarly articles, choosing from millions in its database.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 26, 2023

At home the whole framework of society may be going to pieces; Nicholas sits still and fondly annotates state papers, a very Narcissus of the inkpot.

From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3 May 1906 by Various

Beautifully designed, well-illustrated and copiously annotated, “The Letters of Robert Frost” is a model academic edition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Essentials for a successful claim include geostamped, time-stamped and annotated “before, during and after” repair photos documenting damage, work performed, and completion, it adds.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

"We annotated the neuropeptidome of this ant, the complete set of neuropeptides," says Kay.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026

Strawberries and white wine were on the menu, and - as has now become customary - one of the empty bottles was annotated and encased in a glass table to commemorate Sinner's latest success.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

That first or second summer, at a camp in Patchogue, Long Island, he found a book of annotated chess games.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

The authors of “Inventing Eliza” excavated large portions of Eliza’s code from MIT’s archives and used it to re-create Eliza running Doctor, talmudically annotating the code throughout the book.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

The following year, Pulte even produced a slim volume annotating some of his grandfather’s sayings and quotations.

From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2026

"Manually annotating over 23,000 calls by hand is no small feat, and I have a team of interns to thank for helping with the analysis!" shares Parnell.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 18, 2025

It recently started annotating videos from more advanced humanoid robots, helping train them to sort and fold a mix of towels and clothes, folding them and placing them in different corners of the table.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2025

And Bayle, in his somewhat diffuse discourses, has forgotten himself so far as to do Richeome the honour of annotating him very malapropos.

From Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire


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