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brand-

[brand] / brænd /


brand




VERB
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

Designed to work as effectively as their brand- name counterparts, generics often sell for half the price.

From Time Magazine Archive

The general gave me an additional present, a brand- new IBM typewriter.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

After Bankman-Fried went to prison, the EA brand became radioactive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

The channel’s achievement has been its ability to turn the structure into a recognizable brand through its stories.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

The Alaïa embellished flats that were everywhere two summers ago were such a hit that the brand made the shoes in other materials because clearly it’s resonating with shoppers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Birkenstock is far from the only fashion brand locked in battles with mass retailers over design mimicry.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Hila made a furious noise, shaking her head as if he had only forgotten to purchase the right brand of paper towels, and was already shifting slowly toward Ashmodai.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

The deals are drawing in traffic, location-data firm Placer.ai said, as well as generating some needed buzz around the brands.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

The company has also been improving its virtual reality headsets and smart glasses, partnering with celebrities such as Kylie Jenner and brands like Ray-Ban and Oakley to market them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

I asked Chavie how luxury brands are reacting to the downshift.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

While brands that trade on comfort and aristocratic pedigree such as Rolls-Royce and Bentley have invested heavily, more performance-oriented badges such as Aston Martin, McLaren and Lamborghini have said they don’t see a market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

They had not bothered to brand the cattle because they had a bill of sale which acknowledged their Mexican brands.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has branded his company’s AI strategy as a quest for “personal superintelligence” — technology that knows the user deeply and is highly customizable.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

Bosses at Chester Zoo quickly changed the 90-minute bus tour's name after it was branded "sinister" by visitors.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

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 is planning a party in the Meatpacking District, and will partner with the “Adults” actor Owen Thiele to host a branded live taping of a podcast episode.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

For this he is branded a turncoat, within two years of the end of the war is being referred to by Southern newspapers as “the most hated man in the South.”

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

It’s another sign that the last-click era is giving ground to upper-funnel branding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Radburn said it was "remarkable" to find records of the branding "buried in a very nondescript sounding volume: 'The Register of Instruments'".

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

That employees at a company with a reputation for AI safety are raising alarms could lead investors to question its branding, Martin said, adding it’s important to remember the posts don’t represent all employees.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

Both brands have found success this year despite a slowing luxury market due to their more accessible branding, with each reporting double-digit revenue growth in the last quarter.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

The result is a system of stratification based on the “official certification of individual character and competence”—a form of branding by the government.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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